Metabolic rate, generation time, and the rate of molecular evolution in birds.

doi:10.1006/mpev.1994.1040

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Metabolic rate, generation time, and the rate of molecular evolution in birds.

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Dec 1994

Mooers A O, Harvey P H

Abstract excerpt

A recent hypothesis suggests that resting metabolic rate, measured as energy expended per unit body mass per unit time, might be implicated in the rate of nucleotide substitution in animals. Using relative rate tests on DNA-DNA hybridization data from birds, we show that generation time is signif...

Topics

Age Factors
Animals
Basal Metabolism
Base Sequence
Biological Clocks
Birds
Body Temperature Regulation
Energy Metabolism
Mutation
Reproduction
Species Specificity

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