Phylogenetic patterns of GC-biased gene conversion in placental mammals and the evolutionary dynamics of recombination landscapes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 489-502

  Lartillot, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a Universite de Montreal   (Canada)

^b LIRMM   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; comparative method; GC biased gene conversion; nearly neutral; recombination landscapes

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CPG ISLAND; DEAMINATION; DYNAMICS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GC BIASED GENE CONVERSION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; GLIRES; LAGOMORPH; LAURASIATHERIA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; POPULATION GENETICS; TENREC;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CPG ISLANDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84873587736     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss239     Document Type: Article

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