More radical amino acid replacements in primates than in rodents: Support for the evolutionary role of effective population size

Gene

Volumn 440, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 50-56

  Hughes, Austin L ^a   Friedman, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nearly neutral theory; Parallel evolution; Purifying selection; Slightly deleterious mutation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATES; RATS; RODENTIA;

PRIMATES; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 67349173173     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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