Deep shifts in Evolutionary Rate Trajectories of Ancient Bacterial Genes
Hayley B. Hassler, Tanisha Gupta, Anton S. Petrov, Loren Dean Williams, Claudia Álvarez-Carreño
The paper reconstructs evolutionary rate trajectories of 528 genes from the Last Bacterial Common Ancestor across 2.1 billion years, identifying four clusters with distinct patterns linked to gene function and environmental changes.
bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology