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This article is part of the supplement: First International Conference on Phylogenomics

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The role of laterally transferred genes in adaptive evolution

Pradeep Reddy Marri email, Weilong Hao email and G Brian Golding email

Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7(Suppl 1):S8doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-S1-S8

Published: 8 February 2007

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Curvature of likelihood change in different models.

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The likelihood value shows a continuous pattern of change as the insertion/deletion rate changes in the reversible gain/loss model.

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The likelihood surface with different rates of insertion/deletion on external/internal branches in the reversible gain/loss model.

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Non-synonymous change of the genes present in Cgl and Cef. A, genes present in Cgl and Cef; B, genes present in Cgl and Cef and having matches in the database. Genes show similar rates of evolution by only looking at the genes having matches elsewhere the genome database.

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Synonymous change of the genes present in Cgl and Cef. A, genes present in Cgl and Cef; B, genes present in Cgl and Cef and having matches in the database. Genes show similar rates of evolution by only looking at the genes having matches elsewhere the genome database.

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Ka/Ks ratio of the genes present in Cgl and Cef. A, genes present in Cgl and Cef; B, genes present in Cgl and Cef and having matches in the database. Genes show similar rates of evolution by only looking at the genes having matches elsewhere the genome database.

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The phyletic patterns of the Corynebacterium taxa. (cut-off: expect value less than 10-20 and match length over 85%)

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The phyletic patterns of the Corynebacterium taxa (cut-off: expect value less than 10-10 and match length over 70%)

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The phyletic patterns of the Corynebacterium taxa (cut-off: expect value less than 10-05 and match length over 50%)

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Insertion/deletion rates inferred from the maximum likelihood analysis assuming different rates for external and internal branches (cut-off: expect value less than 10-10 and > 70% match length)

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Insertion/deletion rates inferred from the maximum likelihood analysis assuming different rates on each branch of the phylogeny (cut-off: expect value less than 10-10 and > 70% match length)

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Insertion/deletion rates inferred from the maximum likelihood analysis assuming different rates for external and internal branches (cut-off: expect value less than 10-05 and > 50% match length)

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Insertion/deletion rates inferred from the maximum likelihood analysis assuming different rates on each branch of the phylogeny (cut-off: expect value less than 10-05 and > 50% match length)

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An alternative topology of the concatenated genes. The insertion/deletion rates on external branches and internal branches were studied.

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Insertion/deletion rates inferred from the maximum likelihood analysis assuming different rates for external and internal branches. Likelihood was estimated using the alternative topology and a cutoff with expect value less than 10-20 and > 85% match length.

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Decreased GC content of recently acquired genes.

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