codon usage

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001391",
  "term": "codon usage",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The frequency of occurrence, in a specific organism's DNA sequence, of one of several potential synonymous codons that code for a particular amino acid. Frequently, there is a nonrandom pattern (bias) in the usage of a particular codon or codons over other synonymous codons.",
  "synonyms": [
    "codon bias",
    "codon preference",
    "codon usage bias",
    "codon usage pattern",
    "synonymous codon usage"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "codons"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "uso del codón"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/codon-usage/"
}