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We present a new gene order cladistic coding approach. This approach is based on the physical description of the genome’s organization. It takes into account the relative positions of genes in the genome, their transcription sense and their presence or absence. We compare it to the junction coding approach in a phylogenetic framework. Different coding options are considered and discussed.
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Gallut, C., Barriel, V., Vignes, R. (2000). Gene Order and Phylogenetic Information. In: Sankoff, D., Nadeau, J.H. (eds) Comparative Genomics. Computational Biology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4309-7_12
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