Coevolution: Molecular

Ronald M Adkins, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Published online: March 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005116.pub2

Molecular coevolution is an ongoing process by which a change in the sequence or function of a nucleic acid or protein molecule alters the selective effect of substitutions in another molecule or at other sites in the same molecule or of changes in the function of another molecule.

Keywords: host defence; ligand/receptor binding; selection; nonsynonymous substitution; statistical genetics

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Adkins, Ronald M(Mar 2008) Coevolution: Molecular. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005116.pub2]