%0 Journal Article %1 Geiß2020 %A Geiß, Manuela %A Laffitte, Marcos E. González %A Sánchez, Alitzel López %A Valdivia, Dulce I. %A Hellmuth, Marc %A Rosales, Maribel Hernández %A Stadler, Peter F. %D 2020 %J Journal of Mathematical Biology %K best biology computational gene graphs match species trees %N 5 %P 1459--1495 %R 10.1007/s00285-020-01469-y %T Best match graphs and reconciliation of gene trees with species trees %U https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00285-020-01469-y %V 80 %X A wide variety of problems in computational biology, most notably the assessment of orthology, are solved with the help of reciprocal best matches. Using an evolutionary definition of best matches that captures the intuition behind the concept we clarify rigorously the relationships between reciprocal best matches, orthology, and evolutionary events under the assumption of duplication/loss scenarios. We show that the orthology graph is a subgraph of the reciprocal best match graph (RBMG). We furthermore give conditions under which an RBMG that is a cograph identifies the correct orthlogy relation. Using computer simulations we find that most false positive orthology assignments can be identified as so-called good quartets---and thus corrected---in the absence of horizontal transfer. Horizontal transfer, however, may introduce also false-negative orthology assignments.

@article{Geiß2020, abstract = {A wide variety of problems in computational biology, most notably the assessment of orthology, are solved with the help of reciprocal best matches. Using an evolutionary definition of best matches that captures the intuition behind the concept we clarify rigorously the relationships between reciprocal best matches, orthology, and evolutionary events under the assumption of duplication/loss scenarios. We show that the orthology graph is a subgraph of the reciprocal best match graph (RBMG). We furthermore give conditions under which an RBMG that is a cograph identifies the correct orthlogy relation. Using computer simulations we find that most false positive orthology assignments can be identified as so-called good quartets---and thus corrected---in the absence of horizontal transfer. Horizontal transfer, however, may introduce also false-negative orthology assignments.}, added-at = {2023-09-26T08:30:36.000+0200}, author = {Gei{\ss}, Manuela and Laffitte, Marcos E. Gonz{\'a}lez and S{\'a}nchez, Alitzel L{\'o}pez and Valdivia, Dulce I. and Hellmuth, Marc and Rosales, Maribel Hern{\'a}ndez and Stadler, Peter F.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/260677c4dc001efec6f41937145698b76/scch}, day = 01, doi = {10.1007/s00285-020-01469-y}, interhash = {6fa8379fb426d8bce773420fabd51c3f}, intrahash = {60677c4dc001efec6f41937145698b76}, issn = {1432-1416}, journal = {Journal of Mathematical Biology}, keywords = {best biology computational gene graphs match species trees}, month = apr, number = 5, pages = {1459--1495}, timestamp = {2023-09-26T08:30:36.000+0200}, title = {Best match graphs and reconciliation of gene trees with species trees}, url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00285-020-01469-y}, volume = 80, year = 2020 }