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Evolutionary fingerprinting of genes.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Mar 2010
Pond Sergei L Kosakovsky, Scheffler Konrad, Gravenor Michael B, Poon Art F Y, Frost Simon D W
Abstract excerpt
Over time, natural selection molds every gene into a unique mosaic of sites evolving rapidly or resisting change-an "evolutionary fingerprint" of the gene. Aspects of this evolutionary fingerprint, such as the site-specific ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitution rates (dN/dS), are commonly used to identify genetic features of potential biological interest; however, no framework exists for comparing...
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