Assessing the state of substitution models describing noncoding RNA evolution

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-75

  Allen, James E ^a   Whelan, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hypothesis tests; Model selection; Phylogenetics; RNA; Substitution model

Indexed keywords

RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS TESTS; MODEL SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SUBSTITUTION MODEL;

HYPOTHESIS TESTS; MODEL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SUBSTITUTION MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84892490817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt206     Document Type: Article

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