Identifying a species tree subject to random lateral gene transfer

• Published in: Journal of theoretical biology Vol. 322; pp. 81 - 93
• Main Authors: Steel, Mike, Linz, Simone, Huson, Daniel H., Sanderson, Michael J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 07.04.2013
• Subjects: Animals; data collection; Evolution, Molecular; gene transfer; Gene Transfer, Horizontal; Modeling LGT; Models, Genetic; Phylogenetic tree; Phylogeny; Poisson Distribution; Poisson process; Statistical consistency; topology; trees; Statistical consistency; Poisson process; Phylogenetic tree; Modeling LGT

A major problem for inferring species trees from gene trees is that evolutionary processes can sometimes favor gene tree topologies that conflict with an underlying species tree. In the case of incomplete lineage sorting, this phenomenon has recently been well-studied, and some elegant solutions for...