Codon usage bias and dinucleotide preference in 29 <i>Drosophila</i> species

Abstract

AbstractCodon usage bias, where certain codons are used more frequently than their synonymous counterparts, is an interesting phenomenon influenced by three evolutionary forces: mutation, selection, and genetic drift. To better understand how these evolutionary forces affect codon usage bias, an extensive study to detect how codon usage patterns change across species is required. This study investigated 668 single-copy orthologous genes independently in 29 DrosophilaDrosophilaDrosophila