Abstract
Comparative genomics provides ample ways to study genome evolution and its relationship to phenotypic traits. By developing and testing alternate models of evolution throughout a phylogeny, one can estimate rates of molecular evolution along different lineages in a phylogeny and link these rates with observations in extant species, such as convergent phenotypes. Pipelines for such work can help identify when and where genomic changes may be associated with, or possibly influence, phenotypic traits. We recently developed a set of models called PhyloAcc, using a Bayesian framework to estimate rates of nucleotide substitution on different branches of a phylogenetic tree and evaluate their association with pre-defined or estimated phenotypic traits. PhyloAcc-ST and PhyloAcc-GT both allow users to define a priori a set of target lineages and then compare different models to identify loci accelerating in one or more target lineages. Whereas ST considers only one species tree across all input loci, GT considers alternate topologies for every locus. PhyloAcc-C simultaneously models molecular rates and rates of continuous trait evolution, allowing the user to ask whether the two are associated. Here, we describe these models and provide tips and workflows on how to prepare the input data and run PhyloAcc.
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