ClockstaRX: Testing Molecular Clock Hypotheses With Genomic Data

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Phylogenomic data provide valuable opportunities for studying evolutionary rates and timescales. These analyses require theoretical and statistical tools based on molecular clocks. We present ClockstaRX, a flexible platform for exploring and testing evolutionary rate signals in phylogenomic data. Here, information about evolutionary rates in branches across gene trees is placed in Euclidean space, allowing data transformation, visualization, and hypothesis testing. ClockstaRX implements formal tests for identifying groups of loci and branches that make a large contribution to patterns of rate variation. This information can then be used to test for drivers of genomic evolutionary rates or to inform models for molecular dating. Drawing on the results of a simulation study, we recommend forms of data exploration and filtering that might be useful prior to molecular-clock analyses.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummerevae064
TidsskriftGenome Biology and Evolution
Vol/bind16
Udgave nummer4
Antal sider7
ISSN1759-6653
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2024

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