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Mutation exposed: a neutral explanation for extreme base composition of an endosymbiont genome.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Dec 2004

Wernegreen Jennifer J, Funk Daniel J

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The influence of neutral mutation pressure versus selection on base composition evolution is a subject of considerable controversy. Yet the present study represents the first explicit population genetic analysis of this issue in prokaryotes, the group in which base composition variation is most dramatic. Here, we explore the impact of mutation and selection on the dynamics of synonymous changes in Buchnera...

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PMID: 15599516
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-0192-z

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