Selection on codon usage and base composition in Drosophila americana

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-85

  De Procé, Sophie Marion ^a   Zeng, Kai ^a   Betancourt, Andrea J ^b   Charlesworth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute für Populationsgenetik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biased gene conversion; Codon usage; Drosophila americana; Population expansion

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; FLY; GENE TRANSFER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GROWTH;

DROSOPHILA AMERICANA;

EID: 84856281452     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0601     Document Type: Article

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