PHYLOGENY INFERRED FROM CODON USAGE PATTERN IN 31 ORGANISMS

Authors
NESTI C POLI G CHICCA M AMBROSINO P SCAPOLI C BARRAI I
Citation
C. Nesti et al., PHYLOGENY INFERRED FROM CODON USAGE PATTERN IN 31 ORGANISMS, Computer applications in the biosciences, 11(2), 1995, pp. 167-171
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Methods, Biology & Medicine","Computer Sciences, Special Topics","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications","Biology Miscellaneous
Journal title
Computer applications in the biosciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
02667061
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
167 - 171
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-7061(1995)11:2<167:PIFCUP>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We employed the Codonusage database to analyze the codon usage pattern in 31 organisms from all the main biological taxa. We tested the simi larity in codon usage pattern between each organism and all the others by the Pearson linear correlation coefficient. The 465 values obtaine d were located in a 31 x 31 triangular matrix from which a con-elation distance matrix was calculated. An evolutionary dendrogram was then c onstructed from these distances. The results showed a fair correlation between codon usage patterns and phylogenetic relationships, at least for organisms which diverged in rather recent times (end of Jurassic- beginning of Cretaceous).