Contrasting GC-content dynamics across 33 mammalian genomes: Relationship with life-history traits and chromosome sizes

Genome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1001-1009

  Romiguier, Jonathan ^a   Ranwez, Vincent ^a   Douzery, Emmanuel J P ^a   Galtier, Nicolas ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE CONVERSION; GENOME SIZE; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SHREW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GENOMICS; ISOCHORES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TENREC;

EID: 77955136814     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.104372.109     Document Type: Article

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