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CorrespondenceSystematic overestimation of gene gain through false diagnosis of gene absenceOlga Zhaxybayeva  , Camilla L Nesbø and W Ford Doolittle Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, 5850 College Street, Halifax, NS, B3H 1X5 Canada  author email corresponding author email
Genome Biology 2007,
8:402doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-2-402
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26 February 2007 |
Subject areas: Evolution, Bioinformatics Abstract
The usual BLAST-based methods for assessing gene presence and absence lead to systematic overestimation of within-species gene gain by lateral transfer. | 
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