Does codon bias have an evolutionary origin?

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Biro, Jan C ^a  

^a Homulus Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CODON; CODON BIAS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENETIC CODE; GENOMICS; MAMMAL; PLANT; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRATE; VIRUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 50249175125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-5-16     Document Type: Article

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