SlidingBayes: exploring recombination using a sliding window approach based on Bayesian phylogenetic inference

Bioinformatics. 2005 Apr 1;21(7):1274-5. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bti139. Epub 2004 Nov 16.

Abstract

We developed a software tool (SlidingBayes) for recombination analysis based on Bayesian phylogenetic inference. Sliding-Bayes provides a powerful approach for detecting potential recombination, especially between highly divergent sequences and complex HIV-1 recombinants for which simpler methods like neighbor joining (NJ) may be less powerful. SlidingBayes guides Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling performed by MrBayes in a sliding window across the alignment (Bayesian scanning). The tool can be used for nucleotide and amino acid sequences and combines all the modeling possibilities of MrBayes with the ability to plot the posterior probability support for clustering of various combinations of taxa.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Bayes Theorem
  • Chromosome Mapping / methods
  • DNA, Viral / genetics*
  • HIV-1 / genetics
  • Models, Genetic*
  • Models, Statistical
  • Phylogeny*
  • Recombination, Genetic / genetics*
  • Sequence Alignment / methods*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods*
  • Software

Substances

  • DNA, Viral