Selection in favor of nucleotides G and C diversifies evolution rates and levels of polymorphism at mammalian synonymous sites

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2005.10.020MaRDI QIDQ2202183zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Fyodor A. Kondrashov, Aleksey Y. Ogurtsov, Alexey S. Kondrashov

Publication date 17 September 2020

Published in Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.10.020

zbMATH Keywords

evolutiongenetic driftmutationselectionsynonymous site

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Genetics and epigenetics (92D10) Problems related to evolution (92D15)

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Uses Software

• PAML
• CpG island searcher

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