Life History Traits, Protein Evolution, and the Nearly Neutral Theory in Amniotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1517-1527

  Figuet, Emeric ^a   Nabholz, Benoît ^a   Bonneau, Manon ^a   Mas Carrio, Eduard ^a   Nadachowska Brzyska, Krystyna ^b   Ellegren, Hans ^b   Galtier, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birds; Body mass; Effective population size; Longevity; Mammals; Reptiles; Substitution rate; Synonymous

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NONHUMAN; PURIFYING SELECTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; MAMMAL; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES;

PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; LIFE HISTORY TRAITS; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84973343785     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw033     Document Type: Article

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