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title: "Recombination detection program"
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The Recombination detection program (RDP) is a computer program used to analyse nucleotide sequence data and identify evidence of genetic recombination.  Besides applying a large number of different recombination detection methods it also implements various  phylogenetic tree construction methods and recombination hotspot tests. The latest version is RDP4.


== See also ==
Computational phylogenetics


== References ==


== External links ==
Program home page
Virus Evolution paper