Mammalian GC content is very close to mutational equilibrium

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 834-836

  Antezana, Marcos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LETTER; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 28244473092     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0158-4     Document Type: Letter

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