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Fig. 1 | Algorithms for Molecular Biology

Fig. 1

From: Relative timing information and orthology in evolutionary scenarios

Fig. 1

Examples of evolutionary scenarios depicted as gene trees (black inline trees) embedded into species trees (gray outline trees). In all cases, the ancestral gene \({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_T(x,y)\) of x and y is highlighted as white circle while the corresponding species \({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_S(\sigma (x),\sigma (y))\) is highlighted as dashed line. Top row: scenario with x and y in EDT relation, i.e., the ancestral gene \({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_T(x,y)\) diverged concurrently with the corresponding species \({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_S(\sigma (x),\sigma (y))\). The evolutionary event at \({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_T(x,y)\) is either a speciation (left), a horizontal gene transfer (center), or a duplication (right). Middle row: scenario with x and y in LDT relation, i.e., the ancestral gene \({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_T(x,y)\) diverged after the corresponding species \({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_S(\sigma (x),\sigma (y))\). The evolutionary event at \({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_T(x,y)\) is either a horizontal gene transfer (left), a speciation (center), or a duplication (right). Bottom row: scenario with x and y in PDT relation, i.e., the ancestral gene \({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_T(x,y)\) diverged before the corresponding species \({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_S(\sigma (x),\sigma (y))\). The evolutionary event at \({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_T(x,y)\) is either a duplication (left), a speciation (center), or a horizontal gene transfer (right)

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