Variation and selection on codon usage bias across an entire subphylum.

Variation in synonymous codon usage is abundant across multiple levels of organization: between codons of an amino acid, between genes in a genome, and between genomes of different species. It is now well understood that variation in synonymous codon usage is influenced by mutational bias coupled wi...

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Main Authors: Abigail L LaBella, Dana A Opulente, Jacob L Steenwyk, Chris Todd Hittinger, Antonis Rokas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008304