Inferring selection on amino acid preference in protein domains

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 527-536

  Moses, Alan M ^a,b   Durbin, Richard ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advantageous; Deleterious; McDonald Kreitman test; Polymorphism; Protein domains; Weakly selected variants

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 60149099067     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn286     Document Type: Article

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