BMC Evolutionary Biology

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The complete plastid genome sequence of Welwitschia mirabilis: an unusually compact plastome with accelerated divergence rates

Skip R McCoy1, Jennifer V Kuehl2, Jeffrey L Boore2,3,4 and Linda A Raubeson1*

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1 Biological Sciences, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926-7537, USA

2 DOE Joint Genome Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Program in Evolutionary Genomics, Walnut Creek, CA 94547, USA

3 Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94702, USA

4 Genome Project Solutions, 1024 Promenade Street, Hercules, CA 94547, USA

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:130 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-130

Published: 1 May 2008

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A+T percentage of various genome compartments.

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Codon usage and A+T bias of 3rd position.

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Calculation of Relative Divergence Factor based on reference set A

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Calculation of Relative Divergence Factor based on reference set B

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Calculation of Relative Divergence Factor based on reference set C

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Calculation of Relative Divergence Factor based on reference set D

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Calculation of Relative Divergence Factor based on reference set E

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