Intrastrand parity rules of DNA base composition and usage biases of synonymous codons.

Abstract excerpt

When there are no biases in mutation and selection between the two strands of DNA, the 12 possible substitution rates of the four nucleotides reduces to six (type 1 parity rule or PR1), and the intrastrand average base composition is expected to be A = T and G = C at equilibrium without regard to the G + C content of DNA (type 2 parity rule or PR2). Significant deviations from the parity rules in the third codon...

Topics

• Animals
• Base Composition
• Biological Evolution
• Codon
• DNA
• Mutation
• Plants
• RNA, Transfer
• Selection, Genetic
• Vertebrates