The molecular clock ticks regularly in muroid rodents and hamsters.

doi:10.1007/BF00171816

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The molecular clock ticks regularly in muroid rodents and hamsters.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Nov 1992

O'hUigin C, Li W H

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Extensive DNA sequence data are used to compare the rates of nucleotide substitution in the mouse, rat, and hamster lineages. A relative rate test using hamster sequences as references shows that the rates of synonymous and nonsynonymous substitution in the mouse and rat lineages are nearly equal...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Cricetinae
DNA
Genetic Variation
Humans
Mice
Muridae
Mutation
Phylogeny
Rats
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Time Factors

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