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Patterns of Ancestral Animal Codon Usage Bias Revealed through Holozoan Protists.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Oct 2018
Southworth Jade, Armitage Paul, Fallon Brandon, Dawson Holly, Bryk Jaroslaw, Carr Martin
Abstract excerpt
Choanoflagellates and filastereans are the closest known single celled relatives of Metazoa within Holozoa and provide insight into how animals evolved from their unicellular ancestors. Codon usage bias has been extensively studied in metazoans, with both natural selection and mutation pressure playing important roles in different species. The disparate nature of metazoan codon usage patterns prevents the...
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