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Table 2 Correlations between composition and response to GC content

From: A simple model based on mutation and selection explains trends in codon and amino-acid usage and GC composition within and across genomes

 

Amino acids

Codons

Correlation

Archaea/

Eukaryotes

Archaea/

Eukaryotes

with:

bacteria

 

bacteria

 

Slope

0.842

0.853

0.840

0.849

Intercept

0.878

0.886

0.931

0.910

Correlation

0.886

0.887

0.934

0.922

coefficient

    
  1. Amino acids: correlation of each measure of response with mean codon GC content. Codons: correlations with difference between GC content and mean GC content of synonymous codons. See also Figure 2.
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