Codon Usage Bias: An Endless Tale

2021/08/12 by Andrés Iriarte, Guillermo Lamolle, Héctor Musto · 121 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biology #Codon usage bias #Computational biology #Computer science #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetic code #Genetics #Genome #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Messenger RNA #Natural selection #RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms #RNA modifications and cancer #Selection (genetic algorithm) #Stop codon #Synonymous substitution #Translation (biology)

paper · doi:10.1007/s00239-021-10027-z

published in Journal of Molecular Evolution 89(9-10), 589-593 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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