A Bayesian approach to the estimation of ancestral genome arrangements.

@article{citeulike:3648769, abstract = {We describe a Bayesian approach to estimate phylogeny and ancestral genome arrangements on the basis of genome arrangement data using a model in which gene inversion is the sole mechanism of change. While we have described a similar method to estimate phylogenetic relationships in the statistics literature, the novel contribution of the present work is the description of a method to compute probability distributions of ancestral genome arrangements. We assess the robustness of posterior distributions to different specifications of prior distributions and provide an empirical means to selecting a prior distribution. We note that parsimony approaches to ancestral reconstruction in the literature focus on the development of computationally efficient algorithms for searching for optimal ancestral genome arrangements, but, unlike Bayesian approaches, do not include assessment of uncertainty in these estimates. We compare and contrast a Bayesian approach with a parsimony approach to infer phylogenies and ancestral arrangements from genome arrangement data by re-analyzing a number of previously published data sets.}, author = {Larget, B. and Kadane, J. B. and Simon, D. L.}, citeulike-article-id = {3648769}, doi = {10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.026}, issn = {1055-7903}, journal = {Molecular phylogenetics and evolution}, keywords = {arrangements, bayesian, evolution, genome, rearrangements}, month = {August}, number = {2}, pages = {214--223}, posted-at = {2008-11-21 14:29:50}, priority = {2}, title = {A Bayesian approach to the estimation of ancestral genome arrangements.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.026}, volume = {36}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3648769 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3648769 N2 - We describe a Bayesian approach to estimate phylogeny and ancestral genome arrangements on the basis of genome arrangement data using a model in which gene inversion is the sole mechanism of change. While we have described a similar method to estimate phylogenetic relationships in the statistics literature, the novel contribution of the present work is the description of a method to compute probability distributions of ancestral genome arrangements. We assess the robustness of posterior distributions to different specifications of prior distributions and provide an empirical means to selecting a prior distribution. We note that parsimony approaches to ancestral reconstruction in the literature focus on the development of computationally efficient algorithms for searching for optimal ancestral genome arrangements, but, unlike Bayesian approaches, do not include assessment of uncertainty in these estimates. We compare and contrast a Bayesian approach with a parsimony approach to infer phylogenies and ancestral arrangements from genome arrangement data by re-analyzing a number of previously published data sets. IS - 2 JF - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution SN - 1055-7903 EP - 223 TI - A Bayesian approach to the estimation of ancestral genome arrangements. VL - 36 SP - 214 KW - arrangements KW - bayesian KW - evolution KW - genome KW - rearrangements AU - Larget, B AU - Kadane, JB AU - Simon, DL PY - 2005/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.03.026 ER -