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The effects of social structure, geographical structure, and population size on the evolution of mitochondrial DNA: I. A simulation model.
Computer applications in the biosciences : CABIOS - 1 Dec 1996
Wallman J, Hoelzer G A, Melnick D J
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A program simulating the distribution of variation in mitochondrial DNA in macaques is described. Empirical studies of the rates of nucleotide substitution and geographical patterning of mtDNA variation in these and other monkey species have demonstrated striking differences from equivalent measures of nuclear DNA and called into question the assumptions informing the use of mtDNA to elucidate phylogenetic...
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