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SUBMITTER: Hershberg R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2700274 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hershberg Ruth R Petrov Dmitri A DA
PLoS genetics 20090710 7
Different synonymous codons are favored by natural selection for translation efficiency and accuracy in different organisms. The rules governing the identities of favored codons in different organisms remain obscure. In fact, it is not known whether such rules exist or whether favored codons are chosen randomly in evolution in a process akin to a series of frozen accidents. Here, we study this question by identifying for the first time the favored codons in 675 bacteria, 52 archea, and 10 fungi. ...[more]