Evolutionary BiologyPLOS GeneticsPeer-reviewed
GC-content evolution in bacterial genomes: the biased gene conversion hypothesis expands.
Florent Lassalle, Séverine Périan, Thomas Bataillon…·Vincent Daubin
This study shows that GC-Biased Gene Conversion (gBGC) is widespread in bacterial genomes, producing patterns similar to positive selection and affecting gene composition and base substitution patterns.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004941