A probabilistic model for indel evolution: differentiating insertions from deletions
Gil Loewenthal, Dana Rapoport, Oren Avram, Asher Moshe, Elya Wygoda, Alon Itzkovitch, Omer Israeli, Dana Azouri, Reed A. Cartwright, Itay Mayrose, Tal Pupko
This paper introduces a probabilistic model for indel evolution that distinguishes insertions from deletions, showing higher deletion rates and negative correlation with population size in empirical data.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Sep 1, 2021Peer-reviewedBioinformatics