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Adaptive Protein Evolution

Adaptive Protein Evolution is a molecular evolutionary process in which amino acid substitutions are fixed in a population by positive selection due to their functional advantages, distinguishing it from neutral or deleterious changes in protein sequences.

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190

Adaptive protein evolution at the Adh locus in Drosophila

John H. McDonald, Martin Kreitman · Nature · 1991 · 3.4K citations

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Adaptive protein evolution in Drosophila

Nick G.C. Smith, Adam Eyre‐Walker · Nature · 2002 · 717 citations · Full text

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Adaptive Evolution of Genes and Genomes

Clifford Zeyl, Austin L. Hughes · Journal of Parasitology · 2001 · 511 citations · Full text

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Ancient Adaptive Evolution of the Primate Antiviral DNA-Editing Enzyme APOBEC3G

Sara L. Sawyer, Michael Emerman, Harmit S. Malik · PLoS Biology · 2004 · 492 citations · Full text

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Evolution of antifreeze glycoprotein gene from a trypsinogen gene in Antarctic notothenioid fish

Liangbiao Chen, Arthur L. DeVries, Chi-Hing C. Cheng · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 452 citations · Full text

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Authors

637

  1. DJ
    David J Begun

    University of California, Davis, United States

    8 publications · 434 citations

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  2. AS
    Arlin Stoltzfus

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States

    5 publications · 282 citations

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  3. JF
    Jay F. Storz

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    4 publications · 505 citations

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  4. HE
    Hans Ellegren

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    4 publications · 193 citations

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  5. CN
    Chandrasekhar Natarajan

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    4 publications · 505 citations

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Institutions

305

  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    24 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    9 h-index

    30 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    733 citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Fred Hutch Cancer Center

    Seattle, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    2.6K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    887 citations

  8. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 37 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Genetics

    23 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 12 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. Journal of Molecular Evolution

    6 publications · 144 citations

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  5. PLoS Genetics

    6 publications · 820 citations

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