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... In this process, a gene inherits the type of its ancestor if no mutation occurs and inherits a type not currently (or previously) existing in the population if a mutation does occur.
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... (5.8) For the pyrimidine sequence data described above in the "Overview" section, there are k = 24 alleles.
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  • probabilistic structure
  • mutation occurs
  • sequence data
  • data described
  • substitution rate

  • maximum likelihood


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