Genetic equidistance at nucleotide level

• Published in: Genomics (San Diego, Calif.) Vol. 109; no. 3-4; pp. 192 - 195
• Main Authors: Yuan, Dejian, Huang, Shi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; Evolution, Molecular; Fast-evolving sequences; Genetic equidistance phenomenon; Genetic Variation; Humans; Maximum genetic diversity hypothesis; Molecular clock; Neutral theory; Overlap sites; Proteome - chemistry; Proteome - genetics; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Sequence Analysis, Protein; Slow-evolving sequences; Vertebrates - genetics; Genetic equidistance phenomenon; Slow-evolving sequences; Neutral theory; Maximum genetic diversity hypothesis; Molecular clock; Fast-evolving sequences; Overlap sites

The genetic equidistance phenomenon shows complex taxa to be all approximately equidistant to a less complex species in amino acid percentage identity. The overlooked mystery was re-interpreted by the maximum genetic diversity hypothesis (MGD). Here, we studied 14 proteomes and their coding DNA sequ...