Selection On Synonymous Sites

Selection on Synonymous Sites is a phenomenon in molecular evolution wherein natural selection acts on synonymous codons—nucleotide sequences that encode the same amino acid—due to factors such as translational efficiency, accuracy, or mRNA stability, thereby influencing codon usage bias despite the absence of changes in the encoded protein sequence.

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  1. BC
    Brian Charlesworth

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 697 citations

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    Laurence D. Hurst

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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    Paul M. Sharp

    Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

    6 publications · 6.4K citations

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    Adam Eyre‐Walker

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 940 citations

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    Josep M. Comeron

    University of Iowa, United States

    5 publications · 608 citations

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  1. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 45 publications · 4.6K citations

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  2. Genetics

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  3. Nucleic Acids Research

    10 publications · 6.1K citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 9 publications · 964 citations

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  5. Genome Biology and Evolution

    GBE · 9 publications · 351 citations

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