Analyzing the Mosaic Structure of Genes

Overview

Journal J Mol Evol

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1992 Feb 1

PMID 1556748

Citations 731

Authors

J M Smith

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Abstract

Some genes in prokaryotes consist of a mosaic of regions derived from different ancestors by horizontal gene transfer. A method is described for demonstrating the statistical significance of such mosaic structure and for locating the crossover points separating different regions.

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