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Genomes as documents of evolutionary history.
Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Apr 2010
Boussau Bastien, Daubin Vincent
Abstract excerpt
Genomes conceal a vast intricate record of their carriers' descent and evolution. To disclose this information, biologists need phylogenetic models that integrate various levels of organization, ranging from nucleotide sequences to ecological interactions. Rates of duplication and horizontal gene transfer, organism trees and ancestral population sizes can all be inferred through statistical models of gene family...
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