| Title |
Whole-Gene Positive Selection, Elevated Synonymous Substitution Rates, Duplication, and Indel Evolution of the Chloroplast clpP1 Gene
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2008
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0001386 |
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| Authors |
Per Erixon, Bengt Oxelman |
| Abstract |
Synonymous DNA substitution rates in the plant chloroplast genome are generally relatively slow and lineage dependent. Non-synonymous rates are usually even slower due to purifying selection acting on the genes. Positive selection is expected to speed up non-synonymous substitution rates, whereas synonymous rates are expected to be unaffected. Until recently, positive selection has seldom been observed in chloroplast genes, and large-scale structural rearrangements leading to gene duplications are hitherto supposed to be rare. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 87 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 80 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 24% |
| Researcher | 15 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 15 | 17% |
| Unknown | 14 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 54 | 62% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 15% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 2% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 1% |
| Chemical Engineering | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 14 | 16% |