Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mitochondrial Molecular Clock

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 740-759

  Soares, Pedro ^a   Ermini, Luca ^a,b   Thomson, Noel ^c   Mormina, Maru ^a,d   Rito, Teresa ^e   Röhl, Arne ^f   Salas, Antonio ^g   Oppenheimer, Stephen ^h   Macaulay, Vincent ^c   Richards, Martin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Fluxus Technology   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

PAN;

EID: 66749153836     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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