New Tools in Orthology Analysis: A Brief Review of Promising Perspectives

@article{Nichio2017NewTI,
  title={New Tools in Orthology Analysis: A Brief Review of Promising Perspectives},
  author={Bruno T. L. Nichio and Jeroniza N. Marchaukoski and Roberto Tadeu Raittz},
  journal={Frontiers in Genetics},
  year={2017},
  volume={8}
}
Nowadays defying homology relationships among sequences is essential for biological research. Within homology the analysis of orthologs sequences is of great importance for computational biology, annotation of genomes and for phylogenetic inference. Since 2007, with the increase in the number of new sequences being deposited in large biological databases, researchers have begun to analyse computerized methodologies and tools aimed at selecting the most promising ones in the prediction of… 
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