Synonymous Codon Usage Bias in the Plastid Genome is Unrelated to Gene Structure and Shows Evolutionary Heterogeneity

Synonymous codon usage bias (SCUB) is the nonuniform usage of codons, occurring often in nearly all organisms. Our previous study found that SCUB is correlated with intron number, is unequal among exons in the plant nuclear genome, and mirrors evolutionary specialization. However, whether this rule...

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Main Authors: Yueying Qi, Wenjing Xu, Tian Xing, Mingming Zhao, Nana Li, Li Yan, Guangmin Xia, Mengcheng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/EBO.S22566