The determinants of the molecular substitution process in turtles

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-50

  Lourenco J M ^a   Glemin S ^a   Chiari, Y ^a,b   Galtier, N ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Evolutionary speed hypothesis; Life history traits; Neutral rates of molecular evolution; Turtles

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BODY MASS; CYTOLOGY; ECTOTHERMY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; TROPIC CLIMATE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY WEIGHT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TURTLES;

AVES; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871167801     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12031     Document Type: Article

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