Deleterious mutations in animal mitochondrial DNA.

Article

Deleterious mutations in animal mitochondrial DNA.

Genetica - 1 Jan 1998

Nachman M W

Abstract excerpt

A simple neutral model predicts that the ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous fixed differences between species will be the same as the ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous polymorphisms within species. This prediction is tested with existing mitochondrial datasets from 25 animal species. In sl...

Topics

Animals
DNA, Mitochondrial
Databases as Topic
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Humans
Models, Genetic
Models, Statistical
Mutation
Polymorphism, Genetic

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