Abstract:Ribosomal genes are widely used as molecular clocks to infer the evolutionary relatedness of species. It is unclear, however, whether these genes can also serve as molecular thermometers to precisely estimate an organisms optimal growth temperature. Previously, some estimations were made using the average nucleotide content in ribosomal RNA, but the universal application of this approach was prevented by numerous outliers. Here, seeking to bypass this problem, we asked whether ribosomal genes contain additiona… Show more
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