2003
Analysis of a Shift in Codon Usage in Drosophila
Powell JR, Sezzi E, Moriyama EN, Gleason JM, Caccone A. Analysis of a Shift in Codon Usage in Drosophila. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 2003, 57: s214-s225. PMID: 15008418, DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-0030-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCodon usageD. melanogasterMutation biasSaltans species groupAmino acidsFour-fold degenerate sitesRelaxed selectionD. willistoniExtant speciesDrosophila willistoniSpecies groupsPosttranscriptional modificationsWobble positionDegenerate sitesFrozen accidentWillistoniLineagesRelative abundanceMelanogasterSpeciesTRNAGenesC compositionFurther insightDrosophila
1986
Rates of nucleotide substitution in Drosophila mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA are similar.
Powell J, Caccone A, Amato G, Yoon C. Rates of nucleotide substitution in Drosophila mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA are similar. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1986, 83: 9090-9093. PMID: 3097641, PMCID: PMC387080, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.23.9090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNuclear DNANucleotide substitutionsSingle-copy nuclear DNADrosophila mitochondrial DNADNA sequence dataMajority of DNADrosophila yakubaDrosophila melanogasterMitochondrial DNASequence dataBase pair mismatchesDNA hybridsDNAMitochondriaDNA hybridizationYakubaEukaryotesDrosophilaMelanogasterMtDNAsInvertebratesVertebratesChloroplastsMtDNAOrganelles