Ecological adaptation in bacteria: Speciation driven by codon selection

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3669-3683

  Retchless, Adam C ^a   Lawrence, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

codon selection; codon usage bias; recombination interference; speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CODON ENRICHMENT METRIC; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOMETRY; CODON; CODON USAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA; CODON; ENVIRONMENT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 84869026028     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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