Translational selection frequently overcomes genetic drift in shaping synonymous codon usage patterns in vertebrates

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2263-2267

  Doherty, Aoife ^a   McInerney, James O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Genetic drift; Mutational bias; Synonymous codon usage; Translational selection; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; PROLINE; SERINE; TRANSFER RNA; VALINE;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CALLITRICHINAE; CAT; CHICKEN; CHIMPANZEE; CODON USAGE; COW; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DOG; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; FINCH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GORILLA; GUINEA PIG; HORSE; HUMAN; HYLOBATIDAE; ISOCHORE; MACACA; MOUSE; MOUSE LEMUR; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; ORANG UTAN; PLATYPUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; RAT; RNA TRANSLATION; SWINE; VERTEBRATE;

GENETIC DRIFT; MUTATIONAL BIAS; SYNONYMOUS CODON USAGE; TRANSLATIONAL SELECTION; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SELECTION, GENETIC; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84888623468     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst128     Document Type: Article

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