Statistical inference on the mechanisms of genome evolution

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Lynch, Michael ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME VARIATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 79959819623     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001389     Document Type: Article

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