Identification of Horizontal Gene Transfer from Phylogenetic Gene Trees

Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 571-584

  V'yugin, V V ^a   Gelfand, M S ^b   Lyubetsky, V A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Evolutionary event; Horizontal gene transfer; Phylogenetic protein tree; Phylogenetic species tree; Statistics of evolutionary event search; Tree reconciliation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROKARYOSIS; SPIROCHETE; THERMOTOGA;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SPIROCHAETALES; THERMOTOGA;

EID: 0041522567     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025191411933     Document Type: Article

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