Statistical methods for detecting natural selection from genomic data

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 359-376

  Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Divergence data; Polymorphism data; Recent ongoing natural selection; Recurrent natural selection; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL ERROR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOMICS; HUMANS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952938714     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: 18805779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.85.359     Document Type: Review

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