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Divergence of conserved non-coding sequences: rate estimates and relative rate tests.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 2004
Wagner Günter P, Fried Claudia, Prohaska Sonja J, Stadler Peter F
Abstract excerpt
In many eukaryotic genomes only a small fraction of the DNA codes for proteins, but the non-protein coding DNA harbors important genetic elements directing the development and the physiology of the organisms, like promoters, enhancers, insulators, and micro-RNA genes. The molecular evolution of these genetic elements is difficult to study because their functional significance is hard to deduce from sequence...
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