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ArticleHorticulture research2025

Phytop: a tool for visualizing and recognizing signals of incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization using species trees output from ASTRAL.

Hong-Yun Shang, Kai-Hua Jia, Nai-Wei Li, Min-Jie Zhou, Hao Yang, Xiao-Ling Tian, Yong-Peng Ma, Ren-Gang Zhang

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Hong-Yun ShangYunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6886-7810
Kai-Hua JiaInstitute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8134-5830
Nai-Wei LiJiangsu Key Laboratory for the Research and Utilization of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
Min-Jie ZhouYunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China.
Hao YangYunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China.
Xiao-Ling TianCollege of characteristic plant research, Guiyang Institute of Humanities and Technology, Guiyang 550025, China.
Yong-Peng MaYunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7725-3677
Ren-Gang ZhangYunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China.

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Abstract

Incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) and introgression/hybridization (IH) are prevalent in nature and thus frequently result in discrepancies within phylogenetic tree topologies, leading to misinterpretation of phylogenomic data. Despite the availability of numerous tools for detecting ILS and IH among species, many of these tools lack effective visualization, or are time-consuming, or require prior predetermination. Here, we addressed these shortcomings by developing a fast-running, user-friendly tool called Phytop. By defining ILS and IH indices to quantify ILS and IH, this tool can detect the extent of ILS and IH among lineages with high reliability, and can visualize them based on the gene tree topology patterns constructed using ASTRAL. We tested Phytop extensively using both simulated and real data, and found that it enables users to quickly and conveniently estimate the extent of ILS and IH, thus clarifying the phylogenetic uncertainty. Phytop is available at https://github.com/zhangrengang/phytop and is expected to contribute to the intuitive and convenient inference of genetic relationships among lineages in future research.

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