Biased gene conversion and GC-content evolution in the coding sequences of reptiles and vertebrates

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 240-250

  Figuet, Emeric ^a   Ballenghien, Marion ^a   Romiguier, Jonathan ^a,b   Galtier, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

karyotype; phylogeny; Third codon positions

Indexed keywords

ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPSIDA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

CODON;

ANIMAL; CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EXON; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE CONVERSION; GENOME; GENOMICS; MAMMALS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPTILES;

EID: 84928266371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu277     Document Type: Article

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