Visualization of the phylogenetic content of five genomes using dekapentagonal maps.
The methods presented here summarize phylogenetic relationships of genomes in visually appealing and informative figures. Dekapentagonal maps depict phylogenetic information for orthologous genes present in five genomes, and provide a pre-screen for putatively horizontally transferred genes. If the majority of individual gene phylogenies are unresolved, bipartition histograms provide a means of uncovering and analyzing the plurality consensus. Analyses of genomes representing five photosynthetic bacterial phyla and of the prokaryotic contributions to the eukaryotic cell illustrate the utility of the methods.
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3125, USA.
Olga
O
Zhaxybayeva
Lutz
L
Hamel
Jason
J
Raymond
J Peter
JP
Gogarten
D019611:Archaeoglobus fulgidus / Q000235:genetics; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics; D003196:Computer Graphics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal / Q000235:genetics; D016678:Genome; D020745:Genome, Archaeal; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D010802:Phylogeny; D016354:Rhodobacter capsulatus / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D016944:Sulfolobus / Q000235:genetics