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A new estimate of sequence divergence of mitochondrial DNA using restriction endonuclease mappings

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A new estimate of the sequence divergence of mitochondrial DNA in related species using restriction enzyme maps is constructed. The estimate is derived assuming a simple Posisson-like model for the evolutionary process and is chosen to maximize an expression which is a reasonable approximation to the true likelihood of the restriction map data. Using this estimate, four sets of mitochondrial DNA data are analyzed and discussed.

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  1. Biometry Branch and Laboratory of Animal Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, 27709, North Carolina, USA

    Norman Kaplan & Charles H. Langley

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Kaplan, N., Langley, C.H. A new estimate of sequence divergence of mitochondrial DNA using restriction endonuclease mappings. J Mol Evol 13, 295–304 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01731370

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