Estimating synonymous and nonsynonymous substitution rates
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Estimating synonymous and nonsynonymous substitution rates.
Partitioning the total substitution rate into synnonymous and nonsynonymous components is a key aspect of many analyses in molecular evolution. Numerous methods exist for estimating these rates. However, until recently none of the estimation procedures were based on a sound statistical footing. In this paper, the evolutionary model of Muse and Gaut (1994) is used as the basis for two sets of pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0737-4038,1537-1719
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025549