Population genomic analysis of base composition evolution in Drosophila melanogaster

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1245-1255

  Poh, Yu Ping ^a,b   Ting, Chau Ti ^c   Fu, Hua Wen ^a   Langley, Charles H ^b   Begun, David J ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Genome evolution; Mutational bias; Natural selection; Synonymous codon

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84876540763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs097     Document Type: Article

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