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Codon usage patterns and adaptive evolution of marine unicellular cyanobacteria Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jan 2012
Yu Tonghai, Li Jinsong, Yang Yang, Qi Liu, Chen Biaobang, Zhao Fangqing, Bao Qiyu, Wu Jinyu
Abstract excerpt
Marine unicellular cyanobacteria, represented by Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus, dominate the total phytoplankton biomass and production in oligotrophic ocean. In this study, we employed comparative genomics approaches to extensively investigate synonymous codon usage bias and evolutionary rat...
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