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Relation between Gene Content and Taxonomy in Chloroplasts

Genomics 2016-09-21 v1

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the relation that can be found between the phylogeny of a large set of complete chloroplast genomes, and the evolution of gene content inside these sequences. Core and pan genomes have been computed on \textit{de novo} annotation of these 845 genomes, the former being used for producing well-supported phylogenetic tree while the latter provides information regarding the evolution of gene contents over time. It details too the specificity of some branches of the tree, when specificity is obtained on accessory genes. After having detailed the material and methods, we emphasize some remarkable relation between well-known events of the chloroplast history, like endosymbiosis, and the evolution of gene contents over the phylogenetic tree.

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@article{arxiv.1609.06055,
  title  = {Relation between Gene Content and Taxonomy in Chloroplasts},
  author = {Bashar Al-Nuaimi and Christophe Guyeux and Bassam AlKindy and Jean-François Couchot and Michel Salomon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.06055},
  year   = {2016}
}

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