A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequences
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Summary
Some examples were worked out using reported globin sequences to show that synonymous substitutions occur at much higher rates than amino acid-altering substitutions in evolution.
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- 1980-12-01
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Keywords
Transversion, Biology, Nucleotide, Genetics, Molecular evolution
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