Modelling prokaryote gene content
The patchy distribution of genes across the prokaryotes may be caused by multiple gene losses or lateral transfer. Probabilistic models of gene gain and loss are needed to distinguish between these possibilities. Existing models allow only single genes to be gained and lost, despite the empirical ev...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2006-01-01
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Series: | Evolutionary Bioinformatics |
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Online Access: | http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=144 |