Neutral evolution of synonymous base composition in the Brassicaceae

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-141

  Wright, Stephen I ^a   Iorgovan, Gabriel ^a   Misra, Sushant ^a   Mokhtari, Mohammad ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Base composition; Brassicaceae; Codon bias

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS LYRATA; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEAE; CODON USAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; RNA TRANSLATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE COMPOSITION; BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS LYRATA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 33845884049     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0274-1     Document Type: Article

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