An empirical assessment of the bootstrap support as an indicator of robustness in phylogenetic trees / So Wei Huo

So, Wei Huo (2012) An empirical assessment of the bootstrap support as an indicator of robustness in phylogenetic trees / So Wei Huo. Masters thesis, University of Malaya.

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          Abstract

          Bootstrapping is a de-facto standard for displaying the validity of a phylogenetic tree. However this may not be the case as bootstrapping assume that the random sequence exist within the genome. In order to examine whether bootstrapping is a valid process, it must be done empirically. Across multiple taxa there are minimal fully curated genomes but there are mitochondrion genomes available to test this. A widely accepted evolutionary tree is chosen with 6 taxa - Pan paniscus (bonobo), Homo sapiens (human), Gorilla gorilla (gorilla), Pongo pygmaeus (orangutan), Hylobates lar (common gibbon) and Gallus gallus (red junglefowl) as the outgroup. A comparison of topology and bootstrap support value is executed between the phylogenetic tree of the whole mitochondrial genome with trees built from all the genes in mitochondrial genome. The result shows that bootstrap support value tend to inflate and larger than the empirical estimate. This suggests that bootstrap support in phylogenetic trees must be interpreted cautiously and not casually accepted at face value.

          Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
          Additional Information: Submitted to institute of biological sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Bioinformatics
          Uncontrolled Keywords: Bootstrapping; Phylogenetics; Bioinformatics; Phylogenetic Trees
          Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
          Divisions: Faculty of Science
          Depositing User: Ms Rabiahtul Adauwiyah
          Date Deposited: 16 Feb 2013 17:02
          Last Modified: 10 Sep 2013 12:35
          URI: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/id/eprint/3716

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