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Alien index predicts HGT events

The alien index metric is used to identify horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events based on similarity between candidate genes and donor/acceptor species.

Confidence
90%
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Evidence Quote

“The alien index is a metric that predicts whether an HGT event occurred.”

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Alien index metric predicts HGT event

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Alien index metricsubject

Connections (3)

Reasoning behind HGT event detection and validation in ticks and venomous speciesInferenceChain
Petabase-scale sequence alignment increases viral discoveryAssociation
Inference chain: Methodological rationale for HGT and viral capsid detectionInferenceChain

Evidence

“Rancurel et al. (2017) Alienness tool for HGT detection”

Rancurel C et al. (2017). Alienness: Rapid Detection of Candidate Horizontal Gene Transfers across the Tree of Life doi:10.3390/genes8100248 ↗

“Gladyshev et al. (2008) study describing massive HGT in bdelloid rotifers”

Gladyshev EA et al. (2008). Massive Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bdelloid Rotifers doi:10.1126/science.1156407 ↗