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Table 1 Summary of the alternative notions of orthology in the presence of HGT events

From: Relative timing information and orthology in evolutionary scenarios

Reconciliation condition

HGT irrelevant

HGT excluded

\(\mu ({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_T(x,y)) \in V^0(S)\)

\(\Psi ^{w}(\mathcal {S})\)

\(\Theta ^{w}(\mathcal {S})\)

Weak quasi-ortholog

Weak ortholog

\(\mu ({{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_T(x,y)) = {{\,\textrm{lca}\,}}_S(\sigma (x), \sigma (y))\)

\(\Psi ^{s}(\mathcal {S})\)

\(\Theta ^{s}(\mathcal {S})\)

Strict quasi-ortholog

(Strict) ortholog