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- Title
A simple algorithm to infer gene duplication and speciation events on a gene tree.
- Authors
Zmasek, C M; Eddy, S R
- Abstract
When analyzing protein sequences using sequence similarity searches, orthologous sequences (that diverged by speciation) are more reliable predictors of a new protein's function than paralogous sequences (that diverged by gene duplication), because duplication enables functional diversification. The utility of phylogenetic information in high-throughput genome annotation ('phylogenomics') is widely recognized, but existing approaches are either manual or indirect (e.g. not based on phylogenetic trees). Our goal is to automate phylogenomics using explicit phylogenetic inference. A necessary component is an algorithm to infer speciation and duplication events in a given gene tree.
- Publication
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 2001, Vol 17, Issue 9, p821
- ISSN
1367-4803
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/bioinformatics/17.9.821