Biology Forum Evolution How to calculate Ka/Ks ratios

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    • #9332
      timpanister
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      Hi,

      Can Ka/Ks ratio be calculated for within species ie polymorphism data?

    • #83036
      Cat
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      For a few cases maybe, but probably not for most. Ka is the number of non-synonymous base changes and Ks is the number of synonymous base changes in the same gene. In most cases of within species gene polymorphism no synonymous base changes present (say Ka=1 and Ks= 0, then ratio is 1/0, which cannot be).

    • #86694
      liquidkodak
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      I don’t know if you are still checking this board but you can use Ka/Ks for intraspecies comparisons. Here is the paper that developed the idea. Hughes AL, Nei M. 1988. Pattern of nucleotide substitution at major histocompatibility complex class I loci reveals overdominant selection. Nature 335:167-170.

    • #86862
      zz63
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      The software, KaKs_Calculator, can do this. It contains several existing methods and can be found at http://www.yale.edu/townsend/software.html

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