Synonymous and nonsynonymous rate variation in nuclear genes of mammals.

doi:10.1007/pl00006320

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Synonymous and nonsynonymous rate variation in nuclear genes of mammals.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Apr 1998

Yang Z, Nielsen R

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A maximum likelihood approach was used to estimate the synonymous and nonsynonymous substitution rates in 48 nuclear genes from primates, artiodactyls, and rodents. A codon-substitution model was assumed, which accounts for the genetic code structure, transition/transversion bias, and base freque...

Topics

Animals
Artiodactyla
Cell Nucleus
Evolution, Molecular
Genes
Genetic Variation
Likelihood Functions
Mammals
Models, Genetic
Phylogeny
Primates
Rodentia
Time Factors

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