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- Title
Bayesian gene/species tree reconciliation and orthology analysis using MCMC.
- Authors
Arvestad, Lars; Berglund, Ann-Charlotte; Lagergren, Jens; Sennblad, Bengt
- Abstract
Comparative genomics in general and orthology analysis in particular are becoming increasingly important parts of gene function prediction. Previously, orthology analysis and reconciliation has been performed only with respect to the parsimony model. This discards many plausible solutions and sometimes precludes finding the correct one. In many other areas in bioinformatics probabilistic models have proven to be both more realistic and powerful than parsimony models. For instance, they allow for assessing solution reliability and consideration of alternative solutions in a uniform way. There is also an added benefit in making model assumptions explicit and therefore making model comparisons possible. For orthology analysis, uncertainty has recently been addressed using parsimonious reconciliation combined with bootstrap techniques. However, until now no probabilistic methods have been available.
- Publication
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 2003, Vol 19 Suppl 1, pi7
- ISSN
1367-4803
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/bioinformatics/btg1000