Prokaryotic nucleotide composition is shaped by both phylogeny and the environment

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1380-1389

  Reichenberger, Erin R ^a   Rosen, Gail ^a   Hershberg, Uri ^a,b   Hershberg, Ruth ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evolutionary forces; GC content; Genomic variation; Metagenomics; Mutation; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; NUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84940873445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv063     Document Type: Article

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