Table 1 A summary of the properties of the various classifications of the proposed reference phylogenies.

From: A New Phylogenomic Approach For Quantifying Horizontal Gene Transfer Trends in Prokaryotes

 

Category: domain

Category: phylum

Category: class

Category: order

QP1 tree

Tree is perfect.

Tree is not perfect

Tree is perfect.

Tree is perfect.

QP2 tree

Tree is perfect.

Tree is perfect.

Tree is perfect.

Tree is perfect.

COG tree

Tree is perfect.

Tree is not perfect. Seven leaves misplaced.

Tree is not perfect. One leaf misplaced.

Tree is not perfect. One leaf misplaced.

Ribosomal protein tree

Tree is perfect.

Tree is perfect.

Tree is perfect.

Tree is perfect.

  1. A phylogeny is either convex (i.e., distinguish perfectly based on the relevant classification) or not, in which case the number of taxa that need to be replaced in order to make the tree perfect is indicated. Two of the trees are perfect with respect to all three classifications.