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Compensatory neutral mutations and the evolution of RNA.

Genetica - 1 Jan 1998

Higgs P G

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There are many examples of RNA molecules in which the secondary structure has been strongly conserved during evolution, but the base sequence is much less conserved, e.g., transfer RNA, ribosomal RNA, and ribonuclease P. A model of compensatory neutral mutations is used here to describe the evolution of the base sequence in RNA helices. There are two loci (i.e., the two sides of the pair) with four alleles at...

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