Strand inequality in terms of expression-dependent synonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism in the Escherichia coli chromosome
Nishita Deka, Pratyush Kumar Beura, Piyali Sen, Ruksana Aziz, Adiraj Kashyap, Deepsikha Keot, Monika Jain, Nima Dondu Namsa, Ramesh Chandra Deka, Edward J. Feil, Siddhartha Sankar Satapathy, Suvendra Kumar Ray
The paper analyzes synonymous SNPs in E. coli to show strand and expression-dependent mutation patterns, demonstrating transcription-induced mutagenesis contributes to strand inequality.
bioRxiv · Jun 11, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology