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Detection of Horizontal Gene Transfers from Phylogenetic Comparisons
Joint Authors
Pylro, Victor Satler
Duarte, Gabriela Frois
Yotoko, Karla Suemy Clemente
Vespoli, Luciano de Souza
Source
International Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-05-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Bacterial phylogenies have become one of the most important challenges for microbial ecology.
This field started in the mid-1970s with the aim of using the sequence of the small subunit ribosomal RNA (16S) tool to infer bacterial phylogenies.
Phylogenetic hypotheses based on other sequences usually give conflicting topologies that reveal different evolutionary histories, which in some cases may be the result of horizontal gene transfer events.
Currently, one of the major goals of molecular biology is to understand the role that horizontal gene transfer plays in species adaptation and evolution.
In this work, we compared the phylogenetic tree based on 16S with the tree based on dszC, a gene involved in the cleavage of carbon-sulfur bonds.
Bacteria of several genera perform this survival task when living in environments lacking free mineral sulfur.
The biochemical pathway of the desulphurization process was extensively studied due to its economic importance, since this step is expensive and indispensable in fuel production.
Our results clearly show that horizontal gene transfer events could be detected using common phylogenetic methods with gene sequences obtained from public sequence databases.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pylro, Victor Satler& Vespoli, Luciano de Souza& Duarte, Gabriela Frois& Yotoko, Karla Suemy Clemente. 2012. Detection of Horizontal Gene Transfers from Phylogenetic Comparisons. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pylro, Victor Satler…[et al.]. Detection of Horizontal Gene Transfers from Phylogenetic Comparisons. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Pylro, Victor Satler& Vespoli, Luciano de Souza& Duarte, Gabriela Frois& Yotoko, Karla Suemy Clemente. Detection of Horizontal Gene Transfers from Phylogenetic Comparisons. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-500071
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-500071