Strong evidence for lineage and sequence specificity of substitution rates and patterns in drosophila

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1591-1605

  Singh, Nadia D ^a   Arndt, Peter F ^b   Clark, Andrew G ^a   Aquadro, Charles F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Selective constraint; Stationary GC content; Substitutional patterns

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA ERECTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; INTRON; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, INSECT; INTRONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

DROSOPHILA ERECTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 67649376350     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp071     Document Type: Article

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