Selection on the codon bias of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast genes and the plant psbA gene

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-31

  Morton, Brian R ^a  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Codon bias; psbA; Selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; CODON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RNA TRANSLATION;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0029820342     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02352296     Document Type: Article

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