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A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequences

M. Kimura

1980.12.1JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

DOI: 10.1007/bf01731581

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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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KIMURA, M. A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequences. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION, 1980, 16: 111–120.