Adaptive molecular convergence: Molecular evolution versus molecular phylogenetics

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Castoe, Todd A ^a   de Koning, A P Jason ^a   Pollock, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Homoplasy; Parallel evolution; Phylogenetic bias; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952837560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.3.1.9793     Document Type: Article

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