A branching process for homology distribution-based inference of polyploidy, speciation and loss

Abstract Background The statistical distribution of the similarity or difference between pairs of paralogous genes, created by whole genome doubling, or between pairs of orthologous genes in two related species is an important source of information about genomic evolution, especially in plants. Meth...

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Main Authors: Yue Zhang, Chunfang Zheng, David Sankoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Algorithms for Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13015-019-0153-8