Multiple sequence alignment in phylogenetic analysis

A Phillips, D Janies, W Wheeler - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2000 - Elsevier
Multiple sequence alignment is discussed in light of homology assessments in phylogenetic
research. Pairwise and multiple alignment methods are reviewed as exact and heuristic …

A review of arthropod phylogeny: new data based on ribosomal DNA sequences and direct character optimization

G Giribet, C Ribera - Cladistics, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Ribosomal gene sequence data are used to explore phylogenetic relationships among
higher arthropod groups. Sequences of 139 taxa (23 outgroup and 116 ingroup taxa) …

Gaps as characters in sequence-based phylogenetic analyses

MP Simmons, H Ochoterena - Systematic biology, 2000 - JSTOR
In the analysis of sequence-based data matrices, the use of different methods of treating
gaps has been demonstrated to in? fluence the resulting phylogenetic hypothe? ses (eg …

GUIDANCE: a web server for assessing alignment confidence scores

O Penn, E Privman, H Ashkenazy… - Nucleic acids …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Evaluating the accuracy of multiple sequence alignment (MSA) is critical for virtually every
comparative sequence analysis that uses an MSA as input. Here we present the GUIDANCE …

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Orchidinae and selected Habenariinae (Orchidaceae)

RM Bateman, PM Hollingsworth… - Botanical journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Internal transcribed spacer (ITS nuclear rDNA) data have been obtained from 190 terrestrial
orchid species, encompassing all genera and the great majority of the widely recognized …

Phylogeny in cryptic weevils: molecules, morphology and new genera of western Palaearctic Cryptorhynchinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

JJ Astrin, PE Stüben - Invertebrate systematics, 2008 - CSIRO Publishing
A phylogeny is presented for the western Palaearctic representatives of the weevil subfamily
Cryptorhynchinae using a combination of phenotypic and genotypic characters. This …

A Monte Carlo approach successfully identifies randomness in multiple sequence alignments: a more objective means of data exclusion

B Misof, K Misof - Systematic biology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Random similarity of sequences or sequence sections can impede phylogenetic analyses or
the identification of gene homologies. Additionally, randomly similar sequences or …

GapCoder automates the use of indel characters in phylogenetic analysis

ND Young, J Healy - BMC bioinformatics, 2003 - Springer
Background Several ways of incorporating indels into phylogenetic analysis have been
suggested. Simple indel coding has two strengths:(1) biological realism and (2) efficiency of …

Phylogeny and Systematic Position of Opiliones: A Combined Analysis of Chelicerate Relationships Using Morphological and Molecular Data1

G Giribet, GD Edgecombe, WC Wheeler, C Babbitt - Cladistics, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The ordinal level phylogeny of the Arachnida and the suprafamilial level phylogeny of the
Opiliones were studied on the basis of a combined analysis of 253 morphological …

[책][B] Molecular phylogenetics of the chiropteran family Vespertilionidae

SR Hoofer - 2003 - search.proquest.com
Scope and method of study. My purpose in this study was to employ mitochondrial DNA
(mtDNA) analysis and extensive taxonomic sampling to test long-standing genealogic …