Computational Genetics
Key Concepts
- Degeneracy vs. synonymous: Four-fold degenerate sites (e.g., Pro: CCN) are effectively neutral; two-fold degenerate sites have one constrained position. All synonymous codons encode the same AA but not all positions are equally degenerate.
- CAI reference set: CAI measures codon adaptation relative to a reference set of highly expressed genes. Wrong organism or non-HEG reference gives misleading values; use ribosomal protein or metabolic genes
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