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Mutation and selection at silent and replacement sites in the evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA.

Genetica - 1 Jan 1998

Rand D M, Kann L M

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Two patterns are presented that illustrate the interaction of mutation and selection in the evolution of animal mtDNA: 1) variation among taxa in the ratio of polymorphism to divergence (rpd) at silent and replacement sites in protein-coding genes, and 2) strand-differences in polymorphism and di...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Codon
Cytochrome b Group
DNA Primers
DNA, Mitochondrial
Drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Models, Genetic
Phylogeny
Point Mutation

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Polymerase Chain Reaction

Polymorphism, Genetic

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Selection, Genetic

Vertebrates

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PMID: 9720291

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