How Many Genes are Needed to Resolve Phylogenetic Incongruence?
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SUBMITTER: Ai B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4533847 | biostudies-other | 2015
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How Many Genes are Needed to Resolve Phylogenetic Incongruence?
Evolutionary bioinformatics online 20150810
The question how many genes are needed to resolve phylogenetic incongruence has been investigated at various taxonomic levels, yet few studies have investigated the minimum required numbers of selected genes based on single-gene tree performance at the genus level or lower. We conducted resampling analyses by compiling transcriptome-based single-copy nuclear gene sequences of 11 species of Primulina (Gesneriaceae) to investigate the minimum numbers of both random and selected genes needed to res ...[more]
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