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- Title
A Genome-Scale Investigation of Incongruence in Culicidae Mosquitoes.
- Authors
Yuyu Wang; Xiaofan Zhou; Ding Yang; Antonis Rokas
- Abstract
Comparison of individual gene trees in several recent phylogenomic studies from diverse lineages has revealed a surprising amount of topological conflict or incongruence, but we still know relatively little about its distribution across the tree of life. To further our understanding of incongruence, the factors that contribute to it and how it can be ameliorated, we examined its distribution in a clade of 20 Culicidae mosquito species through the reconstruction and analysis of the phylogenetic histories of 2,007 groups of orthologous genes. Levels of incongruence were generally low, the three exceptions being the internodes concerned with the branching of Anopheles christyi, with the branching of thesubgenusAnophelesaswell as the already reported incongruence within the Anopheles gambiae species complex. Two of these incongruence events (A. gambiae species complex and A. christyi) are likely due to biological factors, whereas the third (subgenus Anopheles) is likely due to analytical factors. Similar to previous studies, the use of genes or internodes with high bootstrap support or internode certainty values, both of which were positively correlated with gene alignment length, substantially reduced the observed incongruence. However, the clade support values of the internodes concerned with the branching of the subgenusAnopheles as well as within the A gambiae species complex remained very low. Based on these results, we infer that the prevalence of incongruence in Culicidae mosquitoes is generally low, that it likely stems from both analytical and biological factors, and that it can be ameliorated through the selection of genes with strong phylogenetic signal. More generally, selection of genes with strong phylogenetic signal may be a general empirical solution for reducing incongruence and increasing the robustness of inference in phylogenomic studies.
- Subjects
MOSQUITO genetics; GENOMICS; ANOPHELES; PHYLOGENY; INSECTS
- Publication
Genome Biology & Evolution, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 12, p3463
- ISSN
1759-6653
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/gbe/evv235