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diff --git a/academic/geneconv/README b/academic/geneconv/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..885f156f08 --- /dev/null +++ b/academic/geneconv/README @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +GENECONV: Statistical Tests for Detecting Gene Conversion + +Gene conversion is any process that causes a segment of DNA to be +copied onto another segment of DNA, or else appears to act in this +way. The target segment can be on the same chromosome, on a different +chromosome, or in a different organism. Short-segment gene conversion +is an important force in evolution, and often takes place at a higher +frequency than does point mutation. + +Given an alignment of DNA or protein sequences, GENECONV finds the +most likely candidates for aligned gene conversion events between +pairs of sequences in the alignment. The program can also look for +gene conversion events from outside of the alignment. Candidate events +are ranked by multiple-comparison corrected P-values and listed to a +spreadsheet-like output file. + +IMPORTANT: +You may get a "Segmentation fault" when running the program; the +problem arises only when GENECONV writes to its log file (e.g. +myfile.nex.sum), as opposed to its main output file myfile.nex.frags; +the easiest workaround is to run GENECONV with the -nolog option: + +geneconv myfile.nex -nolog + +CITING: +For references and citation information, check the documentation +folder of the package. |