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ArticlePloS one2017

High precision detection of conserved segments from synteny blocks.

Joseph Mex Lucas, Hugues Roest Crollius

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Joseph Mex LucasIBENS, Département de Biologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, Inserm, PSL Research, University, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9682-6362
Hugues Roest CrolliusIBENS, Département de Biologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, Inserm, PSL Research, University, Paris, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A conserved segment, i.e. a segment of chromosome unbroken during evolution, is an important operational concept in comparative genomics. Until now, algorithms that are designed to identify conserved segments often return synteny blocks that overlap, synteny blocks that include micro-rearrangements or synteny blocks erroneously short. Here we present definitions of conserved segments and synteny blocks independent of any heuristic method and we describe four new post-processing strategies to refine synteny blocks into accurate conserved segments. The first strategy identifies micro-rearrangements, the second strategy identifies mono-genic conserved segments, the third returns non-overlapping segments and the fourth repairs incorrect ruptures of synteny. All these refinements are implemented in a new version of PhylDiag that has been benchmarked against i-ADHoRe 3.0 and Cyntenator, based on a realistic simulated evolution and true simulated conserved segments.

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PMID28671949
PMCPMC5495381

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