Molecular evolutionary processes and conflicting gene trees: the hominoid case.

doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330940108

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Molecular evolutionary processes and conflicting gene trees: the hominoid case.

American journal of physical anthropology - 1 May 1994

Ruvolo M

Abstract excerpt

Molecular evolutionary processes modify DNA over time, creating both newly derived substitutions shared by related descendant lineages (phylogenetic signal) and "false" similarities which confound phylogenetic reconstruction (homoplasy). However, some types of DNA regions, for example those conta...

Topics

Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Gene Deletion
Hominidae
Humans
Molecular Biology
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Genetic
Protein Precursors
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

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