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SUBMITTER: Clement Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5460877 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clément Yves Y Sarah Gautier G Holtz Yan Y Homa Felix F Pointet Stéphanie S Contreras Sandy S Nabholz Benoit B Sabot François F Sauné Laure L Ardisson Morgane M Bacilieri Roberto R Besnard Guillaume G Berger Angélique A Cardi Céline C De Bellis Fabien F Fouet Olivier O Jourda Cyril C Khadari Bouchaib B Lanaud Claire C Leroy Thierry T Pot David D Sauvage Christopher C Scarcelli Nora N Tregear James J Vigouroux Yves Y Yahiaoui Nabila N Ruiz Manuel M Santoni Sylvain S Labouisse Jean-Pierre JP Pham Jean-Louis JL David Jacques J Glémin Sylvain S
PLoS genetics 20170522 5
Base composition is highly variable among and within plant genomes, especially at third codon positions, ranging from GC-poor and homogeneous species to GC-rich and highly heterogeneous ones (particularly Monocots). Consequently, synonymous codon usage is biased in most species, even when base composition is relatively homogeneous. The causes of these variations are still under debate, with three main forces being possibly involved: mutational bias, selection and GC-biased gene conversion (gBGC) ...[more]