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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Transversion, Biology, Nucleotide, Genetics, Molecular evolution

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