Phylogenetic analysis and DNA sequence representation are foundational pillars in modern molecular biology and bioinformatics. These approaches not only facilitate the reconstruction of evolutionary ...

Vol. 282, No. 3/4, Special Issue: Molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of non-coding DNA (October 2009), pp. 127-149 (23 pages) A phylogenetic alignment differs from other forms of multiple ...

Humans share many sequences of nucleotides that make up our genes with other species – with pigs in particular, but also with mice and even bananas. Accordingly, some proteins in our bodies – strings ...

In bioinformatics, multiple sequence alignment (MSA) is an NP-hard problem. Nature-inspired approaches can provide an approximate solution compared to conventional approaches. In this article, the MSA ...

A team of researchers develops new search capabilities that will allow to compare the biochemical makeup of different species from across the tree of life. A team of researchers from the Max Planck ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) To reconstruct phylogenetic trees from next-generation sequencing data using traditional methods requires a ...

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institutes of Developmental Biology in Tübingen and the Max Planck Computing and Data Facility in Garching develops new search capabilities that will allow to ...

An analysis of millions of SARS-CoV-2 genomes finds that recombination of the virus is uncommon, but when it occurs, it is most often in the spike protein region, the area which allows the virus to ...