Algorithms for computing parsimonious evolutionary scenarios for genome evolution, the last universal common ancestor and dominance of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of prokaryotes.

BMC Evol Biol · 2003 · PMC149225 · PMID 12515582

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However, it has to be emphasized that parsimony is valid (at best) as a statistical trend, i.e. for the majority of genes in a large ensemble.

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