Evolution by Pervasive Gene Fusion in Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Synthesizing Genes

Phylogenetic (tree-based) approaches to understanding evolutionary history are unable to incorporate convergent evolutionary events where two genes merge into one. In this study, as exemplars of what can be achieved when a tree is not assumed a priori, we have analysed the evolutionary histories of...

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Main Authors: Orla Coleman, Ruth Hogan, Nicole McGoldrick, Niamh Rudden, James O. McInerney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-03-01
Series:Computation
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-3197/3/2/114