Codon usage is associated with the evolutionary age of genes in metazoan genomes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Codon usage may vary significantly between different organisms and between genes within the same organism. Several evolutionary processes have been postulated to be the predominant determinants of codon usage: selection, mutation, an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/285 |