Genetic codes as evolutionary filters: Subtle differences in the structure of genetic codes result in significant differences in patterns of nucleotide substitution

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 393-400

  McClellan, David A ^a   Whiting, David G ^a   Christensen, Ryan ^a   Sailsbery, Joshua ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Codon degeneracy; Genetic codes; Molecular evolution; Transition bias; Transition to transversion ratio

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; FILTER; GENETIC CODE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842305096     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.09.019     Document Type: Article

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