Genetic distance and electrophoretic identity of proteins between taxa

Journal of Molecular EvolutionPublished 1 December 1973

Masatoshi Nei, Ranajit Chakraborty

DOI10.1007/bf01654100

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A mathematical formula is developed for the electrophoretic identity of proteins between two different taxa for a given number of average codon differences per protein locus between taxa.

Abstract

The relationship between amino acid substitution and charge change of proteins in the evolutionary process is studied by using a stochastic model. A mathematical formula is developed for the electrophoretic identity of proteins between two different taxa for a given number of average codon differences per protein locus. Using this formula, a reference figure is constructed for estimating the average number of codon differences per locus between taxa.

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