LineageSpecificSeqgen: Generating sequence data with lineage-specific variation in the proportion of variable sites

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Shavit Grievink, Liat ^a   Penny, David ^a   Hendy, Mike D ^a   Holland, Barbara R ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LINEAGESPECIFICSEQGEN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SUBSTITUTION LINE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY;

CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 58149293644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-317     Document Type: Article

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