Nonsynonymous substitution rate (Ka) is a relatively consistent parameter for defining fast-evolving and slow-evolving protein-coding genes

Biology Direct

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wang, Dapeng ^a,b   Liu, Fei ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^a,b   Huang, Shi ^c   Yu, Jun ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Central South University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79951788396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-6-13     Document Type: Article

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