Association·arcadia
Gene family sharing decays with phylogenetic distance
Claim that the number of gene families shared with humans decreases as a species' phylogenetic distance from humans increases, though substantial variation and exceptions exist.
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Evidence Quote
“Number of gene families shared with humans decreases with phylogenetic distance, with exceptions”
Relationship
gene family decays with distance Phylogenetic distance
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Evidence
“Evidence summarizing the EukProt database as a comprehensive resource for genome-scale predicted proteins across eukaryotic diversity.”
(2022). EukProt: A database of genome-scale predicted proteins across the diversity of eukaryotes doi:10.24072/pcjournal.173 ↗
“Evidence summarizing NovelTree as a highly parallelized tool for phylogenomic inference.”
Celebi FM et al. (2024). NovelTree: Highly parallelized phylogenomic inference doi:10.57844/ARCADIA-Z08X-V798 ↗
“Evidence summarizing OrthoFinder as a method for phylogenetic orthology inference in comparative genomics.”
Emms DM & Kelly S (2019). OrthoFinder: phylogenetic orthology inference for comparative genomics doi:10.1186/s13059-019-1832-y ↗
“Evidence summarizing OrthoFinder as improving orthogroup inference accuracy by solving biases in whole genome comparisons.”
Emms DM & Kelly S (2015). OrthoFinder: solving fundamental biases in whole genome comparisons dramatically improves orthogroup inference accuracy doi:10.1186/s13059-015-0721-2 ↗
“Evidence summarizing the availability of predicted genes from the Amblyomma americanum draft genome assembly.”
Celebi FM et al. (2024). Predicted genes from the Amblyomma americanum draft genome assembly doi:10.57844/ARCADIA-9602-3351 ↗