Patterns of mutation and selection at synonymous sites in Drosophila

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2687-2697

  Singh, Nadia D ^a   Bauer DuMont, Vanessa L ^a   Hubisz, Melissa J ^b   Nielsen, Rasmus ^c   Aquadro, Charles F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Codon bias; Mutational patterns; Synonymous site

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CODON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; DROSOPHILA; GENES, INSECT; GENES, X-LINKED; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA;

EID: 37549022289     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm196     Document Type: Article

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