Hill-Robertson interference is a minor determinant of variations in codon bias across Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1399-1406

  Marais, Gabriel ^a   Piganeau, Gwenaël ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis; Codon usage; Drosophila; Hill Robertson interference; Mutation patterns; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON USAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSING OVER; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HILL ROBERTSON INTERFERENCE; INTRON; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036725703     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004203     Document Type: Article

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