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GC-Biased Segregation of Noncoding Polymorphisms in Drosophila
Magazine article from: Genetics Galtier, Nicolas; Bazin, Eric; Bierne, Nicolas January 1, 2006 700+ words ...reports, suggest that GC-biased gene conversion has influenced base composition...correlation could be due to GC-biased gene conversion (BGC) (MARAIS 2003...numerous arguments indicate that gene conversion is biased toward GC in yeast (BIRDSELL... |
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Patterns of Synonymous Codon Usage in Drosophila melanogaster Genes With...
Magazine article from: Genetics Hambuch, Tina M; Parsch, John August 1, 2005 700+ words ...the relationship between sex-biased gene expression and level of codon...genes with male- and female-biased expression. FOR many years...et al. (2003) proposed that biased gene conversion favoring G and C nucleotides could... |
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A Combination of cis and trans Control Can Solve the Hotspot Conversion Paradox
Magazine article from: Genetics Peters, A D March 1, 2008 700+ words ...to be rapidly lost due to biased gene conversion, unless there is strong...hotspots in the face of this biased gene conversion has been termed the "hotspot...counteract the process of biased gene conversion and slow or stop the loss... |
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The Rate, Not the Spectrum, of Base Pair Substitutions Changes at a GC-Content...
Magazine article from: Genetics Schmegner, Claudia; Hoegel, Josef; Vogel, Walther; Assum, Günter January 1, 2007 700+ words ...selection by the GC content or by biased gene conversion. THE mammalian genome is not...whereas the neighboring RAB11FIP4 gene is located in a GC-rich domain...variation in mutation biases, and biased gene conversion (for review see EYRE-WALKER... |
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Cut Thy Neighbor: Cyclic Birth and Death of Recombination Hotspots via Genetic...
Magazine article from: Genetics Friberg, Urban; Rice, William R August 1, 2008 700+ words ...susceptible to removal due to biased gene conversion, so it is paradoxical that...genetic hitchhiking, and biased gene conversion. (ProQuest: ... denotes...pathway, which leads to biased gene conversion against base pairs located... |
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Significant positive correlation between the recombination rate and GC content...
Magazine article from: Genome Chen, Jin-Feng Lu, Fei Chen, Su-Shing Tao, Shi-Heng May 1, 2006 700+ words ...PAR1 genes better fits the biased gene conversion (BGC) model. Key words...modele BCG (<< biased gene conversion >>). Mots cles...explain the mechanism. The biased gene conversion (BGC) model proposes a... |
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Both selective and neutral processes drive GC content evolution in the human...
Magazine article from: BMC Evolutionary Biology Pozzoli, Uberto Menozzi, Giorgia Fumagalli, Matteo Cereda, Matteo Comi, Giacomo P. Cagliani, Rachele Bresolin, Nereo Sironi, Manuela March 27, 2008 700+ words ...been proposed [3, 4]. The biased gene conversion (BGC) model [5, 6] envisages...the above mentioned studies on gene expression, evidences of selection...chimpanzee to indicate that both biased gene conversion (BGC) and selection have been... |
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Developmental stage related patterns of codon usage and genomic GC content:...
Magazine article from: Genome Biology (Online Edition) Ren, Lichen Gao, Ge Zhao, Dongxin Ding, Mingxiao Luo, Jingchu Deng, Hongkui March 12, 2007 700+ words ...wider breadth of expression, are biased to use GC-ending codons [18...between codon usage and patterns of gene expression remain to be elucidated...Moreover, according to the model of biased gene conversion (BGC), recombination rates are... |
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Strong Regional Heterogeneity in Base Composition Evolution on the Drosophila X...
Magazine article from: Genetics Ko, Wen-Ya; Piao, Shengfu; Akashi, Hiroshi September 1, 2006 700+ words ...contributions of natural selection or biased gene conversion. The Drosophila yakuba lineage...molecular evolution (i.e., biased base composition driven by asymmetric...fixation biases. Changes in biased gene conversion (DURET et al. 2002; WEBSTER... |
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Genomic Heterogeneity of Background Substitutional Patterns in Drosophila...
Magazine article from: Genetics Singh, Nadia D; Arndt, Peter F; Petrov, Dmitri A February 1, 2005 700+ words ...as random genetic drift or biased gene conversion, or selective forces. Both...such as mutation, drift, biased gene conversion, and selection can actively...biases, for example, due to biased gene conversion or selection at the level... |
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biased gene conversion
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology biased gene conversion Gene conversion where genetic information tends to flow more in one direction than in the other. |
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gene conversion
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology gene conversion A nonsynonymous reciprocal recombination process that results in one region of DNA becoming identical with another. Compare biased gene conversion . |
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molecular drive
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology ...homogenization taking place through the genetic processes of transposition , unequal crossing over , gene conversion, and biased gene conversion , in conjunction with a high rate of sexual randomization of chromosomes relative to the genetic processes... |
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