Ziheng Yang

Computational Molecular Evolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes the models, methods and algorithms that are most useful for analysing the ever-increasing supply of molecular sequence data, with a view to furthering our understanding of the evolution of genes and genomes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780198566991
• ISBN-10: 0198566999
• Artikelnr.: 22579018

Autorenporträt

Ziheng Yang is Professor of Statistical Genetics at the Department of Biology, University College London

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1: Models of Nucleotide Substitution
2: Models of Amino Acid and Codon Substitution
3: Phylogeny Reconstruction: Overview
4: Maximum Likelihood Methods
5: Bayesian Methods
6: Comparison of Methods and Tests on Trees
7: Molecular Clock and Estimation of Species Divergence Times
8: Neutral and Adaptive Protein Evolution
9: Simulating Molecular Evolution
10: Perspectives
Appendixes
Reference