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May, 1987 Statistical Analysis of Hominoid Molecular Evolution
Daniel Barry, J. A. Hartigan
Statist. Sci. 2(2): 191-207 (May, 1987). DOI: 10.1214/ss/1177013353

Abstract

The core data of molecular biology consists of DNA sequences. We will show how DNA sequences may be used to infer the evolution of the primates, human, chimpanzee, ape, orangutan and gibbon. The underlying probability models are taken to be Markov processes on trees. Some dependencies along the sequence due to the genetic code are also considered.

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Daniel Barry. J. A. Hartigan. "Statistical Analysis of Hominoid Molecular Evolution." Statist. Sci. 2 (2) 191 - 207, May, 1987. https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1177013353

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Published: May, 1987
First available in Project Euclid: 19 April 2007

zbMATH: 0639.92010
MathSciNet: MR904034
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/ss/1177013353

Keywords: DNA sequences , Markov processes , molecular evolution , primate evolution

Rights: Copyright © 1987 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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