Bird A P
Nucleic Acids Res. 1980 Apr 11;8(7):1499-504. doi: 10.1093/nar/8.7.1499.
An analysis of nearest neighbour dinucleotide frequencies and the level of DNA methylation in animals strongly supports the suggestion that 5-methylcytosine (5mC) tends to mutate abnormally frequently to T. This tendency is the likely cause of the CpG deficiency in heavily methylated genomes.
对动物中最近邻二核苷酸频率和DNA甲基化水平的分析有力地支持了以下观点:5-甲基胞嘧啶(5mC)往往异常频繁地突变为胸腺嘧啶(T)。这种倾向可能是高度甲基化基因组中CpG缺乏的原因。