A generation time effect on the rate of molecular evolution in invertebrates

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1173-1180

  Thomas, Jessica A ^a,b,c   Welch, John J ^b,d   Lanfear, Robert ^b,c   Bromham, Lindell ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Generation time; Genetic draft; Nearly neutral theory; Phylogenetic comparative methods; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

ANNELID WORM; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; ECHINODERM; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENERATION TIME; GENOME; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLLUSC; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; PREDICTION; TIME; UROCHORDATA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INVERTEBRATES; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; CNIDARIA; ECHINODERMATA; EUMETAZOA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951527579     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq009     Document Type: Article

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