The decline of isochores in mammals: An assessment of the GC content variation along the mammalian phylogeny

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 652-660

  Belle, Elise M S ^a   Duret, Laurent ^b   Galtier, Nicolas ^c   Eyre Walker, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

GC content; Genome; Isochore; Mammal; Noncoding DNA; Primate

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; ISOCHORE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; RODENT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; ISOCHORES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 2942684863     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2587-x     Document Type: Article

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