Why do species vary in their rate of molecular evolution?

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-404

  Bromham, Lindell ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dating; Molecular clock; Mutation; Phylogenetics; Population size; Substitution

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOINFORMATICS; BODY SIZE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESTYLE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 67649130520     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0136     Document Type: Article

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