Data analysis in molecular biology and evolution

Data analysis in molecular biology and evolution / by Xuhua Xia.

Data Analysis in Molecular Biology and Evolution introduces biologists to DAMBE, a proprietary, user-friendly computer program for molecular data analysis. The unique combination of this book and software will allow biologists not only to understand the rationale behind a variety of computational to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xia, Xuhua, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic, ©2000.
Subjects:
Molecular biology > Data processing.
Evolution (Biology) > Data processing.
Molecular evolution.
COMPUTERS > Bioinformatics.
Molecular evolution
Molecular biology > Data processing
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. Installation of Dambe and a Quick Start
  • 2. File Conversion
  • 3. Processing Genbank Files
  • 4. Accessing Genbank or networked Computers
  • 5. Pair-wise and Multiple Sequence Alignment
  • 6. Factors Affecting Nucleotide Frequencies
  • 7. Case Study 1: Arthropod Phylogeny
  • 8. Factors Affecting Condon Frequencies
  • 9. Case Study 2: Transcription and Condon usage Bias
  • 10. Case Study 3: Translations and Condon Usage Bias
  • 11. Evolution of Amino Acid Usage
  • 12. Pattern of nucleotide Substitutions
  • 13. Preamble to the Pattern of Condon Substitutions
  • 14. Factors Affecting Condon Substitutions
  • 15. Case Study 4: Transition Bias
  • 16. Substitution Pattern in Amino Acid Sequences
  • 17. A Statistical Digression
  • 18. Theoretical Background of Genetic Distances
  • 19. Molecular Phylogenetics: Concepts and Practice
  • 20. Testing the Molecular Clock Hypothesis
  • 21. Testing Phylogenetic Hypothesis
  • 22. Fitting Probability Distributions
  • Literature Cited.

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