Article
Lineage-specific variation in intensity of natural selection in mammals.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2011
Toll-Riera Macarena, Laurie Steve, Albà M Mar
Abstract excerpt
The molecular clock hypothesis states that protein-coding genes evolve at an approximately constant rate. However, this is only expected to be true as long as the function and the tertiary structure of the molecule remain unaltered. An important implication of this statement is that significant deviations in the rate of evolution of a gene with respect to the species clock are likely to reflect functional and/or...
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