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dc.contributor.authorDunn, Katherine A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Wenyien_US
dc.contributor.authorField, Christopheren_US
dc.contributor.authorBielawski, Joseph P.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-04T18:42:27Z
dc.date.available2013-07-04T18:42:27Z
dc.date.issued2013-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationDunn, Katherine A., Wenyi Jiang, Christopher Field, and Joseph P. Bielawski. 2013. "Improving Evolutionary Models for Mitochondrial Protein Data with Site-Class Specific Amino Acid Exchangeability Matrices." Plos One 8(1): 55816-e55816.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055816en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/28736
dc.description.abstractAdequate modeling of mitochondrial sequence evolution is an essential component of mitochondrial phylogenomics (comparative mitogenomics). There is wide recognition within the field that lineage-specific aspects of mitochondrial evolution should be accommodated through lineage-specific amino-acid exchangeability matrices (e.g., mtMam for mammalian data). However, such a matrix must be applied to all sites and this implies that all sites are subject to the same, or largely similar, evolutionary constraints. This assumption is unjustified. Indeed, substantial differences are expected to arise from three-dimensional structures that impose different physiochemical environments on individual amino acid residues. The objectives of this paper are (1) to investigate the extent to which amino acid evolution varies among sites of mitochondrial proteins, and (2) to assess the potential benefits of explicitly modeling such variability. To achieve this, we developed a novel method for partitioning sites based on amino acid physiochemical properties. We apply this method to two datasets derived from complete mitochondrial genomes of mammals and fish, and use maximum likelihood to estimate amino acid exchangeabilities for the different groups of sites. Using this approach we identified large groups of sites evolving under unique physiochemical constraints. Estimates of amino acid exchangeabilities differed significantly among such groups. Moreover, we found that joint estimates of amino acid exchangeabilities do not adequately represent the natural variability in evolutionary processes among sites of mitochondrial proteins. Significant improvements in likelihood are obtained when the new matrices are employed. We also find that maximum likelihood estimates of branch lengths can be strongly impacted. We provide sets of matrices suitable for groups of sites subject to similar physiochemical constraints, and discuss how they might be used to analyze real data. We also discuss how the general approach might be employed to improve a variety of mitogenomic-based research activities.en_US
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dc.titleImproving Evolutionary Models for Mitochondrial Protein Data with Site-Class Specific Amino Acid Exchangeability Matricesen_US
dc.typearticleen_US
dc.identifier.volume8en_US
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage55816en_US
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