Molecular evolution in the descent of man

Morris Goodman, John Barnabas, Genji Matsuda, G. William Moore

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Abstract

Three computer programs applied to data from phylogenetic trees and protein polymorphism can be used to find the rate of molecular evolution of different species. It can be shown that this is slower for higher primates than for other mammals.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)604-613
Number of pages10
JournalNature
Volume233
Issue number5322
DOIs
StatePublished - 1971
Externally publishedYes

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