Correspondence between mutation and selection pressure and the genetic code degeneracy in the gene evolution

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1033-1039

  Dudkiewicz, M ^a,b   Mackiewicz, P ^a,b   Nowicka, A ^a,b   Kowalczuk, M ^a,b   Mackiewicz, D ^a,b   Polak, N ^a,b   Smolarczyk, K ^a,b   Banaszak, J ^a,b   Dudek, M R ^b   Cebrat, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genetic code; Monte Carlo simulation; Mutation; Selection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEINS;

GENETIC CODE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITION;

GENES;

EID: 27544470972     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2004.03.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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