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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784521003321

Autore

Nei Masatoshi

Titolo

Molecular evolution and phylogenetics [[electronic resource] /] / Masatoshi Nei, Sudhir Kumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-770163-9

0-19-988122-7

9786610834372

1-280-83437-4

0-19-535051-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KumarS <1958-> (Sudhir)

Disciplina

572.838

Soggetti

Evolutionary genetics - Statistical methods

Molecular evolution - Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-328) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Numerical Examples; 1 Molecular Basis of Evolution; 2 Evolutionary Change of Amino Acid Sequences; 3 Evolutionary Change of DNA Sequences; 4 Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Nucleotide Substitutions; 5 Phylogenetic Trees; 6 Phylogenetic Inference: Distance Methods; 7 Phylogenetic Inference: Maximum Parsimony Methods; 8 Phylogenetic Inference: Maximum Likelihood Methods; 9 Accuracies and Statistical Tests of Phylogenetic Trees; 10 Molecular Clocks and Linearized Trees; 11 Ancestral Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences; 12 Genetic Polymorphism and Evolution

13 Population Trees from Genetic Markers14 Perspectives; Appendices; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Numerical Examples. 1. Molecular Basis of Evolution. 2. Evolutionary Change of Amino Acid Sequences. 3. Evolutionary Change in DNA Sequences. 4. Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Nucleotide Substitutions. 5. Phylogenetic Trees. 6. Phylogenetic Inference: Distance Methods. 7. Phylogenetic Inference: Maximum Parsimony Methods. 8. Phylogenetic Inference: Maximum Likelihood Methods. 9. Accuracies and Statistical Tests of Phylogenetic Trees. 10. Molecular



Clocks and Linearized Trees. 11. Ancestral Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences. 12. Genetic Polymorphism and Evolution. 13. Population Trees from Gene