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RELAX: Detecting Relaxed Selection in a Phylogenetic Framework

RELAX: Detecting Relaxed Selection in a Phylogenetic Framework

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RELAX: Detecting Relaxed Selection in a Phylogenetic Framework

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RELAX: Detecting Relaxed Selection in a Phylogenetic Framework

Publisher

United States: Oxford University Press

Journal title

Molecular biology and evolution, 2015-03, Vol.32 (3), p.820-832

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: Oxford University Press

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Contents

Relaxation of selective strength, manifested as a reduction in the efficiency or intensity of natural selection, can drive evolutionary innovation and presage lineage extinction or loss of function. Mechanisms through which selection can be relaxed range from the removal of an existing selective constraint to a reduction in effective population siz...

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RELAX: Detecting Relaxed Selection in a Phylogenetic Framework

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3171258739

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3171258739

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ISSN

0737-4038

E-ISSN

1537-1719

DOI

10.1093/molbev/msu400

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