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