Additional file 3.

Phylogeny of MenE. The plastid-encoded menE of Cyanidiales has its origin in the same gene cluster that was transferred to the plastid ancestor from a Chlorobi/Gammaproteobacteria source. The MenE proteins in the nuclear genome of the remaining algae and plants have a different phylogenetic provenance and are most likely derived by HGT, presumably directly into the host nucleus. This is a Bayesian majority rule consensus tree using 66 taxa. Posterior probability support values are only indicated (as percentages) for external nodes of the major clades. Analysis parameters are: mcmc ngen = 500,000; startingtree = PhyML generated tree; samplefreq = 100; aamodel = mixed; rates = invgamma; burnin = 1,250.

Format: PDF Size: 258KB Download file

This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader

Gross et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008 8:117   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-117