A simple multiallele model and its application to identifying preferred-unpreferred codons using polymorphism data

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1327-1337

  Zeng, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Multiallele models; Mutational bias; Natural selection; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ACCURACY; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CODON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CODON; DATABASES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOME, INSECT; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77952826597     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq023     Document Type: Article

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