Molecular evolution

[Keith Robison]

tmp16 at nuscc.nus.sg (temporary account for courses) writes:

>I am an undergraduate conducting some preliminary literature search on
>protein sequences in elucidating evolutionary and phylogenetic
>relationships. So for I have been able to only find books aimed mainly
>at specialists. Can anyone help me in getting a footing in this area ?
>Thank you.


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>Kenneth Ban                       
>Dept. of Biochemistry        	    
>Faculty of Medicine


A good place to start would be Russell Doolittle's "Of URFs and ORFs"
or Gunnar von Heinje's "Sequence Analysis: Treasure Trove or Trivial
Pursuit?".  Also, the Methods in Enzymology volume on Sequence Analysis
(183?) contains a number of good articles as well as references for
further reading.


Keith Robison
Harvard University
Program in Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

robison at ribo.harvard.edu