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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: James, Jennifer E., Piganeau, Gwenael, Eyre‐Walker, Adam
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737298/