As a result of recombination, adjacent nucleotides can have different paths of genetic
inheritance and therefore the genealogical trees for a sample of DNA sequences vary along …

Bacterial genomes reflect their adaptation strategies through nucleotide usage trends found
in their chromosome composition. Bacteria, unlike eukaryotes contain a wide range of …

Parameterized complexity/multivariate complexity algorithmics is an exciting field of modern
algorithm design and analysis, with a broad range of theoretical and practical aspects that …

The idea that all life on earth traces back to a common origin dates back at least to Charles
Darwin's Origin of Species. Ever since, biologists have tried to piece together parts of this …

Horizontal or Lateral Gene Transfer (HGT or LGT) is the transmission of portions of genomic
DNA between organisms through a process decoupled from vertical inheritance. In the …

Memetic Algorithms (MAs) are computational intelligence structures combining multiple and
various operators in order to address optimization problems. The combination and …

This handbook provides an up-to-date compendium of fundamental computer science
topics, techniques, and applications. Along with updating and revising many of the existing …

The extent to which lateral genetic transfer has shaped microbial genomes has major
implications for the emergence of community structures. We have performed a rigorous …

The desire to infer the evolutionary history of a group of species should be more viable now
that a considerable amount of multilocus molecular data is available. However, the current …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) spreads genetic diversity by moving genes across species
boundaries. By rapidly introducing newly evolved genes into existing genomes, HGT …