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Evolution of codon usage bias in diatoms

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Codon usage bias (CUB)—preferential use of one of the synonymous codons, has been described in a wide range of organisms from bacteria to mammals, but it has not yet been studied in marine phytoplankton. CUB is thought to be caused by weak selection for translational accuracy and efficiency. Weak selection can overpower genetic drift only in species with large effective population sizes, such as Drosophila that has relatively strong CUB, while organisms with smaller population sizes (e.g., ma...

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10.3390/genes10110894

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Plant Sciences
Oxford college:
St Hilda's College
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Author
Publisher:
MDPI Publisher's website
Journal:
Genes Journal website
Volume:
10
Issue:
11
Article number:
10110894
Publication date:
2019-11-06
Acceptance date:
2019-11-02
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ISSN:
2073-4425
Pubs id:
pubs:1070250
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uuid:1482bbe4-6677-4ab0-9cbf-ea10d72a94bd
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pubs:1070250
Source identifiers:
1070250
Deposit date:
2019-11-06

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