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Abstract
Nei and Gojobori (1986) developed a simple method to estimate the numbers of synonymous (ds) and nonsynonymous (dN) substitutions per site. In the present paper, we have developed a method for computing variances and covariances of ds's and dN's and of the proportions of synonymous (ps) and nonsynonymous (pN) differences. We also have developed a method for computing the variances of mean dS, dN, pS, pN, without constructing a phylogenetic tree of the genes. We have conducted computer simulations based on simple evolutionary models and have shown that the new method gives good estimates of variances and covariances.Mesh:
Year: 1994 PMID: 8078400 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040140
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Biol Evol ISSN: 0737-4038 Impact factor: 16.240