Deletion rate evolution and its effect on genome size and coding density

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1421-1430

  Pettersson, Mats E ^a   Kurland, Charles G ^b   Berg, Otto G ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deletion bias; Genome size; Insertion deletion dynamics; Junk DNA; Modifier evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; DELETION RATE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME SIZE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENOME; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 66249117322     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp054     Document Type: Article

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