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Dawson Houghtaling

University of FloridaORCID 0009-0009-9081-0173Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Assay:protein sequence· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintJun 3, 2026

Recombination and incomplete lineage sorting resolve the enigma of lysozyme evolution

Dawson Houghtaling, Edward Louis Braun, Rebecca T. Kimball

The paper resolves a long-standing paradox in lysozyme evolution by showing that recombination and incomplete lineage sorting explain apparent molecular convergence without requiring fixation of deleterious intermediates.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.31.729045

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