title: Systematic overestimation of gene gain through false diagnosis of gene absence.
abstract: The usual BLAST-based methods for assessing gene presence and absence lead to systematic overestimation of within-species gene gain by lateral transfer.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zhaxybayeva
authors.forename: Camilla L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Nesbø
authors.forename: W Ford
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Doolittle
mesh_terms: 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