The bimodal distribution of genic GC content is ancestral to monocot species

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 336-348

  Clement, Yves ^a,b   Fustier, Margaux Alison ^c   Nabholz, Benoit ^b   Glemin, Sylvain ^b  

^a MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c Unite Mixte de Recherche de Gene Tique Vege Tale Ferme du Moulon   (France)

Author keywords

ancestral reconstructions; coding regions; GC content; GC gradient; monocotyledons

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA ALATA; LILIOPSIDA; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

CODON;

CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; MAIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ORYZA; PLANT GENOME; POACEAE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, PLANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; ORYZA; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84928226061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu278     Document Type: Article

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