RIATA-HGT: A fast and accurate heuristic for reconstructing horizontal gene transfer

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3595, Issue , 2005, Pages 84-93

  Nakhleh, Luay ^a   Ruths, Derek ^a   Wang, Li San ^b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HEURISTIC METHODS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYNOMIALS; COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; FORESTRY; GENES; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; USER INTERFACES;

HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER (HGT); PHYLOGENY; POLYNOMIAL-TIME HEURISTICS; STAND-ALONE VERSION; BIOLOGICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL PERFORMANCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL GENOMES; OPTIMAL NUMBER; POLYNOMIAL-TIME; SYNTHETIC DATA;

GENE TRANSFER;

EID: 26844458739     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11533719_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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