Recombination can negatively impact methods designed to detect divergent gene function
that rely on explicit knowledge of a gene tree. However, we know little about how …

Genetic exchange, henceforth recombination, is a widespread evolutionary force. Natural
populations of many organisms experience significant amounts of recombination …

Bacteria are nonsexual organisms but are capable of exchanging DNA at diverse degrees
through homologous recombination. Intriguingly, the rates of recombination vary immensely …

Background Genetic recombination can produce heterogeneous phylogenetic histories
within a set of homologous genes. These recombination events can be obscured by …

Prokaryotic evolution is affected by horizontal transfer of genetic material through
recombination. Inference of an evolutionary tree of bacteria thus relies on accurate …

Motivation: Phylogenetic and evolutionary inference can be severely misled if recombination
is not accounted for, hence screening for it should be an essential component of nearly …

Recombination between nucleotide sequences is a major process influencing the evolution
of most species on Earth. While its evolutionary value is a matter of quite intense debate, so …

Recombination enhances the adaptive potential of organisms by allowing genetic variants to
be tested on multiple genomic backgrounds. Its distribution in the genome can provide …

Inferring the rate of homologous recombination within a bacterial population remains a key
challenge in quantifying the basic parameters of bacterial evolution. Due to the high …

Bacteria and archaea reproduce clonally, but sporadically import DNA into their
chromosomes from other organisms. In many of these events, the imported DNA replaces an …