Contrasting GC-content dynamics across 33 mammalian genomes: Relationship with life-history traits and chromosome sizes

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Genomic third-codon position GC-content (GC3) evolution in placental mammals. Colors reflect current or estimated average GC3 on 1138 orthologous genes (green, low GC; yellow, medium GC; red, high GC). current or estimated average GC3 on 1138 orthologous genes. Branch lengths quantify the amount of GC3 divergence: the branch connecting nodes i and j has a length proportional to Di,j (Equation 2). The estimated ancestral GC content of the placental ancestor is 46.2%.

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  1. Published in Advance June 7, 2010, doi: 10.1101/gr.104372.109 Genome Res. 20: 1001-1009

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