Effective population size does not predict codon usage bias in mammals
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Effective population size does not predict codon usage bias in mammals
Synonymous codons are not used at equal frequency throughout the genome, a phenomenon termed codon usage bias (CUB). It is often assumed that interspecific variation in the intensity of CUB is related to species differences in effective population sizes (N e), with selection on CUB operating less efficiently in species with small N e. Here, we specifically ask whether variation in N e predicts ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology and Evolution
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2045-7758,2045-7758
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1249