GC-content evolution in bacterial genomes: the biased gene conversion hypothesis expands.
Florent Lassalle, Séverine Périan, Thomas Bataillon, Xavier Nesme, Laurent Duret, 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.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2014Evolutionary Biology