Systematic overestimation of gene gain through false diagnosis of gene absence.
The usual BLAST-based methods for assessing gene presence and absence lead to systematic overestimation of within-species gene gain by lateral transfer.
Zhaxybayeva
Olga
O
Nesbø
Camilla L
CL
Doolittle
W Ford
WF
D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal / Q000235:genetics*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D012107:Research Design