Relative rates of nuclear DNA evolution in human and Old World monkey lineages.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025656

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Relative rates of nuclear DNA evolution in human and Old World monkey lineages.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 1996

Herbert G, Easteal S

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Rates of substitution were compared between humans and Old World monkeys for sequences in or adjacent to 19 genes. The comparison of 21,299 sites in noncoding regions indicates that the substitution rate is approximately 43% greater in the Old World monkey lineage. However, 83% of the compared si...

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Animals
Cercopithecidae
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Globins
Humans
Insulin
Models, Genetic
Molecular Sequence Data

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