Evidence of selection upon genomic GC-content in bacteria.

The genomic GC-content of bacteria varies dramatically, from less than 20% to more than 70%. This variation is generally ascribed to differences in the pattern of mutation between bacteria. Here we test this hypothesis by examining patterns of synonymous polymorphism using datasets from 149 bacteria...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Falk Hildebrand, Axel Meyer, Adam Eyre-Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2936529?pdf=render