Inferring evolutionary distances from whole prokaryotic genome alignments, accounting for among-locus substitution rate heterogeneity
Paul Etheimer, Tommaso Stentella, Anaelle Hulbert, Peter F. Arndt, Chloé‐Agathe Azencott, Michael Sheinman, Florian Massip
This study improves the estimation of evolutionary distances and tree inference by accounting for substitution rate heterogeneity across prokaryotic genomes.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology