Metagenomic analysis using phylogenetic placement—a review of the first decade

L Czech, A Stamatakis, M Dunthorn… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Phylogenetic placement refers to a family of tools and methods to analyze, visualize, and
interpret the tsunami of metagenomic sequencing data generated by high-throughput …

Fast and accurate distance‐based phylogenetic placement using divide and conquer

M Balaban, Y Jiang, D Roush, Q Zhu… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogenetic placement of query samples on an existing phylogeny is increasingly used in
molecular ecology, including sample identification and microbiome environmental sampling …

Quantifying the uncertainty of assembly-free genome-wide distance estimates and phylogenetic relationships using subsampling

E Rachtman, S Sarmashghi, V Bafna, S Mirarab - Cell systems, 2022 - cell.com
Computing distance between two genomes without alignments or even access to
assemblies has many downstream analyses. However, alignment-free methods, including in …

CONSULT: accurate contamination removal using locality-sensitive hashing

E Rachtman, V Bafna, S Mirarab - NAR Genomics and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A fundamental question appears in many bioinformatics applications: Does a sequencing
read belong to a large dataset of genomes from some broad taxonomic group, even when …

De novo genome assembly and annotation of the medicinal plant Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ex Hook. f. & Thom's

M KH, SN Hegde, N Begum, SK Kukkupuni… - Functional & Integrative …, 2023 - Springer
Indian natural climbing shrub Tinospora cordifolia, often known as “Guduchi” and “Amrita,” is
a highly esteemed medicinal plant in the Indian system of medicine (ISM). It is a member of …

Genome-wide alignment-free phylogenetic distance estimation under a no strand-bias model

M Balaban, NA Bristy, A Faisal, MS Bayzid… - Bioinformatics …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
While alignment has been the dominant approach for determining homology prior to
phylogenetic inference, alignment-free methods can simplify the analysis, especially when …

Analyses of Nuclear Reads Obtained Using Genome Skimming

S Mirarab, V Bafna - DNA Barcoding: Methods and Protocols, 2023 - Springer
In this protocol paper, we review a set of methods developed in recent years for analyzing
nuclear reads obtained from genome skimming. As the cost of sequencing drops, genome …

Distance-based phylogenetic placement with statistical support

NB Hasan, M Balaban, A Biswas, MS Bayzid, S Mirarab - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Phylogenetic placement seeks to find the optimal position for a new query
species on an existing backbone tree. Fast and accurate distance-based phylogenetic …

Fast and accurate branch support calculation for distance-based phylogenetic placements

NB Hasan, A Biswas, M Balaban, S Mirarab… - RECOMB International …, 2022 - Springer
Placing a new sequence onto an existing phylogenetic tree is increasingly used in
downstream applications ranging from microbiome analyses to epidemic tracking. Most such …

[LIBRO][B] Alignment-free genomic distance estimation: from conventional methods to machine learning

E Rachtman - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Inferring evolutionary relationships based on comparative analysis of genomic data remains
a fundamental question in biology. Conventionally, these analyses involve cumbersome and …