BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Rapid gene exchange explains differences in bacterial pangenome structure
Samuel Horsfield, Anlei Peng, Matthew Russell…·John A. Lees
The paper develops a model to analyze pangenome dynamics and finds that differences in bacterial pangenomes are mainly due to variation in the number of rapidly exchanged genes.
DOI 10.64898/2026.02.04.703695