Covariation is a poor measure of molecular coevolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2456-2468

  Talavera, David ^a   Lovell, Simon C ^a   Whelan, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Covariation; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; MARKOV CHAIN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING;

PROTEIN;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 84949027135     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv109     Document Type: Article

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