On the Causes of Evolutionary Transition:Transversion Bias

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 595-602

  Stoltzfus, Arlin ^a,b   Norris, Ryan W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutation; Mutation bias; Replacement; Substitution bias; Transition bias

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXPECTATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SELECTION; MUTATION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDES; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84995389299     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/MOLBEV/MSV274     Document Type: Article

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