The rate of adaptive evolution in animal mitochondria
We have investigated whether there is adaptive evolution in mitochondrial DNA, using an extensive data set containing over 500 animal species from a wide range of taxonomic groups. We apply a variety of McDonald–Kreitman style methods to the data. We find that the evolution of mitochondrial DNA is d...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737298/ |