Mutation and selection at silent and replacement sites in the evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA

Genetica

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 393-407

  Rand, David M ^a   Kann, Lisa M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mildly deleterious; Mutation selection balance; Nearly neutral; Non neutral; Strand bias

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CODON; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; INSECTA;

EID: 7344244917     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017006118852     Document Type: Article

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