TY - JOUR AU - Lillo, Fabrizio AU - Krakauer, David C. PY - 2007 DA - 2007/09/18 TI - A statistical analysis of the three-fold evolution of genomic compression through frame overlaps in prokaryotes JO - Biology Direct SP - 22 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - Among microbial genomes, genetic information is frequently compressed, exploiting redundancies in the genetic code in order to store information in overlapping genes. We investigate the length, phase and orientation properties of overlap in 58 prokaryotic species evaluating neutral and selective mechanisms of evolution. SN - 1745-6150 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6150-2-22 DO - 10.1186/1745-6150-2-22 ID - Lillo2007 ER -