Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Volume 1, Issue 4, August 2013

  • An Analysis of Cumulative Selection and Random Drift in the Evolutionary Origination of Novel Protein Motifs

    Joseph E. Hannon Bozorgmehr

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 4, August 2013
    Pages: 15-21
    Received: Aug. 06, 2013
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    Published: Aug. 30, 2013
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    Abstract: Despite the fact that all-important protein motifs encoded in gene sequences are generally considered to have been generated solely through a gradual and undirected process of change, the idea lacks empirical evidence and also suffers from theoretical difficulties. More recently, sudden developments such as through the exonization of non-coding DNA... Show More