Gene Order Phylogeny of the Genus Prochlorococcus

Haiwei Luo; Jian Shi; William Arndt; Jijun Tang; Robert Friedman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003837

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Gene Order Phylogeny of the Genus Prochlorococcus

Haiwei Luo,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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Jian Shi,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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William Arndt,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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Jijun Tang,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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Robert Friedman

* E-mail: bobf@biol.sc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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Gene Order Phylogeny of the Genus Prochlorococcus

Haiwei Luo,
Jian Shi,
William Arndt,
Jijun Tang,
Robert Friedman

Published: December 3, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003837

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Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 09 Dec 2008 at 11:36 GMT

This small but solid study helps to establish a key point which, though not entirely new, has yet to filter through into the mainstream methodology for phylogenetic inference. It is a simple concept, but could have important consequences for the way phylogenetic studies are conducted in general: gene order contains useful information for resolving phylogenies.

Konrad Scheffler
PLoS ONE academic editor.

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