Codon evolution : mechanisms and models / edited by Gina M. Cannarozzi, Adrian Schneider.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Modelling codon evolution. Background / Adrian Schneider and Gina M. Cannarozzi -- Parametric models of codon evolution / Maria Anisimova -- Empirical and semi-empirical models of codon evolution / Adrian Schneider and Gina M. Cannarozzi -- Monte Carlo computational approaches in Bayesian codon-substitution modelling / Nicolas Rodrigue and Nicolas Lartillot -- Likelihood-based clustering (LiBaC) for codon models / Hong Gu, Katherine A. Dunn, and Joseph P. Bielawski -- Detecting and understanding natural selection / Maria Anisimova and David A. Liberles -- Codon models as a vehicle for reconciling population genetics with inter-specific sequence data / Jeffrey L. Thorne, Nicolas Lartillot, Nicolas Rodrigue, and Sang Chul Choi -- Robust estimation of natural selection using parametric codon models / Gavin A. Huttley and Von Bing Yap -- Simulation of coding sequence evolution / Miguel Arenas and David Posada -- Use of codon models in molecular dating and functional analysis / Steven A. Benner -- The future of codon models in studies of molecular function: ancestral reconstruction and clade models of functional divergence / Belinda S.W. Chang [and others] -- Codon models applied to the study of fungal genomes / Gabriela Aguileta and Tatiana Giraud -- pt. 2. Codon usage bias. Measuring codon usage bias / Alexander Roth, Maria Anisimova, and Gina M. Cannarozzi -- Detection and analysis of conservation at synonymous sites / Nimrod D. Rubinstein and Tal Pupko -- Distance measures and machine learning approaches for codon usage analyses / Fran Supek and Tomislav S̆muc -- The application of population genetics in the study of codon usage bias / Kai Zeng -- Structural and molecular features of non-standard genetic codes / Maria do Céu Santos and Manuel A.S. Santos.