Inverse relationship between longevity and evolutionary rate of mitochondrial proteins in mammals and birds

Mitochondrion

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-57

  Galtier, Nicolas ^a   Blier, Pierre U ^b   Nabholz, Benoit ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Longevity; Mammals; Metabolic rate; Mitochondria; Mutation rate

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXON;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIRDS; CYTOCHROMES B; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 60249100683     PISSN: 15677249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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