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Molecular genetics studies often infer the occurrence of gene conversion events based on simple sequence similarity observations that do not include any statistical analyses. I show that the statistical significance of two previously proposed gene conversion events can easily be tested and point out that a variety of methods are available to perform gene conversion analyses.
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Received: 6 June 2001 / Accepted: 22 June 2001
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Drouin, G. Testing Claims of Gene Conversion Between Multigene Family Members: Examples from Echinoderm Actin Genes. J Mol Evol 54, 138–139 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-001-0026-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-001-0026-9