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However, its performance on regulatory elements is limited due to their modular composition of transcription factor motifs, which have rapid turnover and experience different evolutionary pressures.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We introduce phyloConverge, a phylogenetic method that performs scalable, fine-grained local convergence analysis of genomic elements at flexible length scales. Using a benchmarking case of convergent subterranean mammal adaptation, phyloConverge identifies rate-accelerated conserved noncoding elements (CNEs) with high specificity and statistical robustness relative to competing methods. 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