Universal and taxon-specific trends in protein sequences as a function of age

Extant protein-coding sequences span a huge range of ages, from those that emerged only recently to those present in the last universal common ancestor. Because evolution has had less time to act on young sequences, there might be ‘phylostratigraphy’ trends in any properties that evolve slowly with...

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Main Authors: Jennifer E James, Sara M Willis, Paul G Nelson, Catherine Weibel, Luke J Kosinski, Joanna Masel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-01-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/57347