The positive correlation between dN/dS and dS in mammals is due to runs of adjacent substitutions

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1371-1380

  Stoletzki, Nina ^a   Eyre Walker, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adjacent aubstitutions; bias dN dS; dN dS; dS; positive correlation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA;

ADJACENT SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONSYNONYMOUS SUBSTITUTION RATE; QUALITY CONTROL; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIMULATION; SYNONYMOUS SUBSTITUTION RATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952860137     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq320     Document Type: Article

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