Comparable contributions of structural-functional constraints and expression level to the rate of protein sequence evolution
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Proteins show a broad range of evolutionary rates. Understanding the factors that are responsible for the characteristic rate of evolution of a given protein arguably is one of the major goals of evolutionary biology. A long-standing...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-10-01
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| Series: | Biology Direct |
| Online Access: | http://www.biology-direct.com/content/3/1/40 |