Complex patterns of divergence among green-sensitive (RH2a) African cichlid opsins revealed by Clade model analyses

Complex patterns of divergence among green-sensitive (RH2a) African cichlid opsins revealed by Clade model analyses

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Gene duplications play an important role in the evolution of functional protein diversity. Some models of duplicate gene evolution predict complex forms of paralog divergence; orthologous proteins may diverge as well, further complic...

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Main Authors: Weadick Cameron J, Chang Belinda SW
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Codon substitution model
Visual pigment evolution
Nonsynonymous-to-synonymous substitution rate ratio
dN/dS
Clade model
Maximum likelihood
Gene family evolution
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/206

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