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  • Genomics
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Bioinformatics

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  • Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) are widely used for phylogenomic studies due to their utility across taxonomic levels.
  • Current partitioning strategies for UCEs often assume uniform evolutionary rates within markers, which may not reflect biological reality.
  • Heterogeneity in molecular evolution rates and patterns exists both between and within UCEs, necessitating improved partitioning approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate novel partitioning methods for ultraconserved elements in phylogenomic analyses.
  • To address the limitations of existing partitioning strategies by accounting for within-UCE evolutionary rate variation.
  • To improve the accuracy and reliability of phylogenetic inference using UCE data.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed and tested two new partitioning methods: Sliding-Window Site Characteristics (SWSC) and UCE Site Position (UCESP).
  • SWSC utilizes site characteristics like entropy and GC content to create partitions reflecting evolutionary heterogeneity.
  • UCESP groups nucleotides based on their physical location within UCEs.
  • Evaluated methods on seven diverse published phylogenomic datasets.

Main Results:

  • The UCESP method performed worse than existing partitioning strategies.
  • The SWSC method, particularly when using site entropies (SWSC-EN), effectively captured within-UCE heterogeneity.
  • SWSC-based partitioning led to significant improvements in model fit for phylogenomic analyses.
  • The study provides open-access code and data for reproducibility.

Conclusions:

  • Sliding-Window Site Characteristics (SWSC) is a superior method for partitioning ultraconserved elements compared to UCE Site Position (UCESP) and traditional approaches.
  • Accounting for within-UCE evolutionary rate variation using SWSC enhances the accuracy of phylogenetic inference.
  • The developed methods and resources facilitate more robust phylogenomic reconstructions using UCE markers.