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Search for a 'Tree of Life' in the thicket of the phylogenetic forest.

Journal of biology - 1 Jan 2009

Puigbò Pere, Wolf Yuri I, Koonin Eugene V

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BACKGROUND: Comparative genomics has revealed extensive horizontal gene transfer among prokaryotes, a development that is often considered to undermine the 'tree of life' concept. However, the possibility remains that a statistical central trend still exists in the phylogenetic 'forest of life'. RESULTS: A comprehensive comparative analysis of a 'forest' of 6,901 phylogenetic trees for prokaryotic genes revealed...

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PMID: 19594957
DOI: 10.1186/jbiol159
PMCID: PMC2737373

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