CoreSimul: a forward-in-time simulator of genome evolution for prokaryotes modeling homologous recombination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prokaryotes are asexual, but these organisms frequently engage in homologous recombination, a process that differs from meiotic recombination in sexual organisms. Most tools developed to simulate genome evolution either assume sexual reproduction or the complete absence of DNA flux in the population. As a result, very few simulators are adapted to model prokaryotic genome evolution while accounting for recombination. Moreover, many simulators are based on the coalescent, which assumes a neutral model of genomic evolution, and those are best suited for organisms evolving under weak selective pressures, such as animals and plants. In contrast, prokaryotes are thought to be evolving under much stronger selective pressures, suggesting that forward-in-time simulators are bett

SUBMITTER: Bobay LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7315543 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature