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Maximum Likelihood Methods for Detecting Adaptive Protein Evolution

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Statistical Methods in Molecular Evolution

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    Joseph P. Bielawski

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    Ziheng Yang

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Bielawski, J.P., Yang, Z. (2005). Maximum Likelihood Methods for Detecting Adaptive Protein Evolution. In: Statistical Methods in Molecular Evolution. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27733-1_5

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