Linear estimators for the evolution of transposable elements

摘要

Pairwise differences and segregating sites are two measures of sequence divergence often used to estimate the rate of evolution. There are other measures of sequence divergence. Which method is most appropriate: Motivated by a study of the evolution of transposable elements, we develop a new and more precise method for estimating the rate of evolution. We apply our method to LINE-12 data from Casavant et al. (1996).