title: Analyzing the mosaic structure of genes.
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.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, England.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003434:Crossing Over, Genetic; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D009030:Mosaicism / Q000235:genetics*; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial