Gene tree correction has recently gained interest in phylogenomics, as it gives insights in understanding the evolution of gene families. Following some recent approaches based on leaf edit operations, we consider a variant of the problem where a gene tree is corrected by inserting leaves with labels in a multiset M. We show that the problem of deciding whether a gene tree can be corrected by inserting leaves with labels in M is NP-complete. Then, we consider an optimization variant of the problem that asks for the correction of a gene tree with leaves labeled by a multiset M′, with M′ ⊇ M, having minimum size. For this optimization variant of the problem, we present a factor 2 approximation algorithm.

(2016). Correcting gene trees by leaf insertions: complexity and approximation [journal article - articolo]. In ELECTRONIC NOTES IN THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/78337

Correcting gene trees by leaf insertions: complexity and approximation

Dondi, Riccardo
2016-01-01

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Gene tree correction has recently gained interest in phylogenomics, as it gives insights in understanding the evolution of gene families. Following some recent approaches based on leaf edit operations, we consider a variant of the problem where a gene tree is corrected by inserting leaves with labels in a multiset M. We show that the problem of deciding whether a gene tree can be corrected by inserting leaves with labels in M is NP-complete. Then, we consider an optimization variant of the problem that asks for the correction of a gene tree with leaves labeled by a multiset M′, with M′ ⊇ M, having minimum size. For this optimization variant of the problem, we present a factor 2 approximation algorithm.
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Beretta, Stefano; Dondi, Riccardo
(2016). Correcting gene trees by leaf insertions: complexity and approximation [journal article - articolo]. In ELECTRONIC NOTES IN THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/78337
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