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The causes of protein evolutionary rate variation

James O McInerney1

  • 1Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. james.o.mcinerney@nuim.ie

Summary

Protein evolutionary rate in yeast is primarily driven by a single factor related to mRNA expression and protein abundance, challenging the long-held belief that protein function was the main determinant.

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