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effective number of codons: a standalone construct

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Bioinformatics

a measure of how far a gene departs from equal use of synonymous codons, independent of composition.

In bioinformatics, effective number of codons refers to a measure of how far a gene departs from equal use of synonymous codons, independent of composition. This meaning comes from Wright (1990) in Gene.[1]

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References

Wright, F. (1990). The ‘effective number of codons’ used in a gene. Gene, 87(1), 23-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1119(90)90491-9

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