Testing the covarion hypothesis of molecular evolution.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040224

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Testing the covarion hypothesis of molecular evolution.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 May 1995

Miyamoto M M, Fitch W M

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The covarion hypothesis of molecular evolution states that the fixation of mutations may alter the probability that any given position will fix the next change. Tests of this hypothesis using the divergence of real sequences are compromised because models of rate variation among sites (e.g., the...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Genetic Variation
Mammals
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Phylogeny
Plants
Superoxide Dismutase

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