Why does a protein's evolutionary rate vary over time?

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 494-503

  Du, Xiangjun ^a   Lipman, David J ^a   Cherry, Joshua L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary rate; Molecular clock; Overdispersion; Protein evolution

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876565205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt024     Document Type: Article

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