The genome as a life-history character: Why rate of molecular evolution varies between mammal species

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1577, 2011, Pages 2503-2513

  Bromham, Lindell ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Generation time; Longevity; Metabolic rate; Molecular clock; Mutation; Substitution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BODY SIZE; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; GENERATION TIME; GENOMICS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GENOME; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; TIME FACTORS;

DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79961055146     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0014     Document Type: Article

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