Heterogeneity in codon usage in the flatworm Schistosoma mansoni.

doi:10.1007/pl00006291

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Heterogeneity in codon usage in the flatworm Schistosoma mansoni.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Feb 1998

Musto H, Romero H, Rodríguez-Maseda H

Abstract excerpt

Synonymous codon choices vary considerably among Schistosoma mansoni genes. Principal components analysis detects a single major trend among genes, which highly correlates with GC content in third codon positions and exons, but does not discriminate among putatively highly and lowly expressed gen...

Topics

Animals
Codon
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Schistosoma mansoni
Selection, Genetic

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