scholarly journals Divergence Prior and Vessel-Tree Reconstruction

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongwen Zhang ◽  
Dmitrii Marin ◽  
Egor Chesakov ◽  
Marc Moreno Maza ◽  
Maria Drangova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Reconstruction ◽  
Vessel Tree

scholarly journals Lack of support for Deuterostomia prompts reinterpretation of the first Bilateria

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. eabe2741
Author(s):  
Paschalia Kapli ◽  
Paschalis Natsidis ◽  
Daniel J. Leite ◽  
Maximilian Fursman ◽  
Nadia Jeffrie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Error ◽  
Tree Reconstruction ◽  
Simulation Experiments ◽  
Animal Evolution ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
Branch Lengths ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Common Ancestors

The bilaterally symmetric animals (Bilateria) are considered to comprise two monophyletic groups, Protostomia (Ecdysozoa and the Lophotrochozoa) and Deuterostomia (Chordata and the Xenambulacraria). Recent molecular phylogenetic studies have not consistently supported deuterostome monophyly. Here, we compare support for Protostomia and Deuterostomia using multiple, independent phylogenomic datasets. As expected, Protostomia is always strongly supported, especially by longer and higher-quality genes. Support for Deuterostomia, however, is always equivocal and barely higher than support for paraphyletic alternatives. Conditions that cause tree reconstruction errors—inadequate models, short internal branches, faster evolving genes, and unequal branch lengths—coincide with support for monophyletic deuterostomes. Simulation experiments show that support for Deuterostomia could be explained by systematic error. The branch between bilaterian and deuterostome common ancestors is, at best, very short, supporting the idea that the bilaterian ancestor may have been deuterostome-like. Our findings have important implications for the understanding of early animal evolution.

scholarly journals Improving Intensity-Based Lung CT Registration Accuracy Utilizing Vascular Information

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunlin Cao ◽  
Kai Ding ◽  
Joseph M. Reinhardt ◽  
Gary E. Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Cost Function ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Deformation Pattern ◽  
Jacobian Determinant ◽  
Registration Accuracy ◽  
Positioning Errors ◽  
Lung Motion ◽  
Volumetric Ct ◽  
Volumetric Registration ◽  
Vessel Tree

Accurate pulmonary image registration is a challenging problem when the lungs have a deformation with large distance. In this work, we present a nonrigid volumetric registration algorithm to track lung motion between a pair of intrasubject CT images acquired at different inflation levels and introduce a new vesselness similarity cost that improves intensity-only registration. Volumetric CT datasets from six human subjects were used in this study. The performance of four intensity-only registration algorithms was compared with and without adding the vesselness similarity cost function. Matching accuracy was evaluated using landmarks, vessel tree, and fissure planes. The Jacobian determinant of the transformation was used to reveal the deformation pattern of local parenchymal tissue. The average matching error for intensity-only registration methods was on the order of 1 mm at landmarks and 1.5 mm on fissure planes. After adding the vesselness preserving cost function, the landmark and fissure positioning errors decreased approximately by 25% and 30%, respectively. The vesselness cost function effectively helped improve the registration accuracy in regions near thoracic cage and near the diaphragm for all the intensity-only registration algorithms tested and also helped produce more consistent and more reliable patterns of regional tissue deformation.

3D Tree Reconstruction from Simulated Small Footprint Waveform Lidar

2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (12) ◽  
pp. 1147-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaying Wu ◽  
Kerry Cawse-Nicholson ◽  
Jan van Aardt
Keyword(s):  
Tree Reconstruction ◽  
Small Footprint ◽  
Waveform Lidar

scholarly journals Berlian, SOJ A3 and Jawa Local Rice Varieties Phylogenetically Distinct From Oryza sativa Indica and Oryza sativa Japonica

el–Hayah ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 112-125
Author(s):  
Yudrik Lathif ◽  
Riri Wiyanti Retnaningtyas ◽  
Dwi Listyorini ◽  
Suharti Suharti
Keyword(s):  
Oryza Sativa ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Rbcl Gene ◽  
Tree Reconstruction ◽  
Rice Varieties ◽  
Local Varieties ◽  
Precise Position ◽  
Total Dna ◽  
Taxonomical Position

The genetic resources identification of Indonesian local rice varieties is a crucial work should be done to conserve our native germplasm. This research aimed to know the taxonomical position of East Java local rice varieties including Jawa (JW), Berlian (BR), and SOJ A3 (SJ) using DNA barcode based on rbcL gene. Total DNA of each sample was isolated from leaves. A pair of forward 5'-ATG TCA CCA CAA ACA SJA AC-3' and reverse 5'-TCG GTA CCT GCA GTA GC-3' primers were used to amplify fragments of rbcL gene resulting in 751bp, 755bp, and 754bp fragments from BR, SJ, and JW varieties, respectively. Phylogenetic tree reconstruction revealed that our three local varieties were forming a cluster separated from the widely cultivated subspecies Oryza sativa Indica and Oryza sativa Japonica. However, further studies are necessary to reveal a more precise position of the local varieties in a phylogenetic tree on the species level.

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