title: A test of the Markovian model of DNA evolution.
abstract: The Markov model of molecular evolution has recently received a significant amount of interest because its statistical nature allows for the testing of a number of evolutionary hypotheses. Here we propose a test which assesses whether data from two species sharing a common ancestor will fit a general Markovian model. We illustrate the test with two examples of data which appear at first glance not to fit a Markov model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Statistics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001699:Biometry; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008390:Markov Chains; D008433:Mathematics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D015233:Models, Statistical
chemical_list: D004247:DNA