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Mathematical modeling of evolutionary changes of oligonucleotide frequency patterns of bacterial genomes for genome-scale phylogenetic inferences

Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/70545 Mathematical modeling of evolutionary changes of oligonucleotide frequency patterns of bacterial genomes for genome-scale phylogenetic inferences Reva, Oleg N. kag3tsuk1@gmail.com Yu, Xiaoyu UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018. Modern phylogenetic studies from the advancement of next generation sequencing can benefit from an analysis of complete genome sequences of various microorganisms. Evolutionary inferences based on genome scale analysis were believed to be more accurate than gene-based ones. However, the computational complexity of current phylogenomic procedures and lack of reliable annotation and alignment free evolutionary models keep microbiologists from wider use of these opportunities. For example, the super-matrix approach of phylogenomics requires identification of clusters of orthologous genes in compared genomes followed by alignment of numerous sequences to proceed with reconciliation of multiple trees inferred by traditional phylogenetic tools. In fact, the approach potentially multiplies the problems of gene annotation and sequence alignment, not mentioning the computational difficulties and laboriousness of the methods. For this research, we identified that the alignment and annotation-free method based on comparison of oligonucleotide usage patterns (OUP) calculated for genome-scale DNA sequences allowed fast inferring of phylogenetic trees. These were also congruent with the corresponding whole genome supermatrix trees in terms of tree topology and branch lengths. Validation and benchmarking tests for OUP phylogenomics were done based on comparisons to current literature and artificially created sequences with known phylogeny. It was demonstrated that the OUP diversification between taxa was driven by global adjustments of codon usage to fit fluctuating tRNA concentrations that were well aligned to the species evolution. A web-based program to perform OUP-based phylogenomics was released on http://swphylo.bi.up.ac.za/. Applicability of the tool was proven for different taxa from species to family levels. Distinguishing between closely related taxonomic units may be enforced by providing the program with alignments of marker protein sequences, e.g. gyrA. Biochemistry PhD Unrestricted 2019-07-08T09:46:49Z 2019-07-08T09:46:49Z 2019/04/24 2018 Thesis Yu, X 2018, Mathematical modeling of evolutionary changes of oligonucleotide frequency patterns of bacterial genomes for genome-scale phylogenetic inferences, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70545> A2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70545 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
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Mathematical modeling of evolutionary changes of oligonucleotide frequency patterns of bacterial genomes for genome-scale phylogenetic inferences
title Mathematical modeling of evolutionary changes of oligonucleotide frequency patterns of bacterial genomes for genome-scale phylogenetic inferences
title_full Mathematical modeling of evolutionary changes of oligonucleotide frequency patterns of bacterial genomes for genome-scale phylogenetic inferences
title_fullStr Mathematical modeling of evolutionary changes of oligonucleotide frequency patterns of bacterial genomes for genome-scale phylogenetic inferences
title_full_unstemmed Mathematical modeling of evolutionary changes of oligonucleotide frequency patterns of bacterial genomes for genome-scale phylogenetic inferences
title_short Mathematical modeling of evolutionary changes of oligonucleotide frequency patterns of bacterial genomes for genome-scale phylogenetic inferences
title_sort mathematical modeling of evolutionary changes of oligonucleotide frequency patterns of bacterial genomes for genome scale phylogenetic inferences
topic UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70545