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Evolution: The Case of the Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Gene

Biological Physics 2007-05-23 v3 Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability q-bio

Abstract

The enzyme Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDH) catalyses the decomposition of glucose. The gene that produces the GAPDH is therefore present in a wide class of organisms. We show that for this gene the average value of the fluctuations in nucleotide distribution in the codons, normalized to strand bias, provides a reasonable measure of how the gene has evolved in time.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0006055,
  title  = {Evolution: The Case of the Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Gene},
  author = {Sujay Chattopadhyay and Satyabrata Sahoo and Jayprokas Chakrabarti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0006055},
  year   = {2007}
}

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22 pages, 3 figures