Faster than neutral evolution of constrained sequences: The complex interplay of mutational biases and weak selection

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 383-395

  Lawrie, David S ^a   Petrov, Dmitri A ^a   Messer, Philipp W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Mutation selection model; Mutational biases; Weak constraint

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79960083275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr032     Document Type: Article

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