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A comparative study of mutations in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium shows that codon conservation is strongly correlated with codon usage.
Journal of theoretical biology - 21 Sept 2000
Alff-Steinberger C
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium are closely related species of enteric bacteria, having diverged from 120 to 160 million years ago, according to the estimate of Ochman & Wilson (1987. J. Mol. Evol.26, 74-86). In order to study base substitution mutations in the genomes of these bacteria, we have compared pairs of genes for the same product in the two species, and have selected a sample in which the...
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