Inference of natural selection from interspersed genomic elements based on polymorphism and divergence

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1159-1171

  Gronau, Ilan ^a   Arbiza, Leonardo ^a   Mohammed, Jaaved ^a,b   Siepel, Adam ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Tri Institutional Training Program in Computational Biology and Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

molecular evolution; noncoding DNA; population genetics; probabilistic graphical models; regulatory sequences

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFERENCE OF NATURAL SELECTION FROM INTERSPERSED GENOMICALLY COHERENT ELEMENTS; MUTATION RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENY; SIMULATION;

DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84876561639     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst019     Document Type: Article

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