Codon usage and bias in mitochondrial genomes of parasitic platyhelminthes.
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SUBMITTER: Le TH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2717381 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Dec
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Codon usage and bias in mitochondrial genomes of parasitic platyhelminthes.
Le Thanh Hoa TH McManus Donald Peter DP Blair David D
The Korean journal of parasitology 20041201 4
Sequences of the complete protein-coding portions of the mitochondrial (mt) genome were analysed for 6 species of cestodes (including hydatid tapeworms and the pork tapeworm) and 5 species of trematodes (blood flukes and liver- and lung-flukes). A near-complete sequence was also available for an additional trematode (the blood fluke Schistosoma malayensis). All of these parasites belong to a large flatworm taxon named the Neodermata. Considerable variation was found in the base composition of th ...[more]
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