[Taxacom] Surprise from a whole-genome study

[Sergio Vargas]

Hi,

>I admit to being very ignorant of the research basis for recognizing lateral gene transfer. Out of curiosity, what is the evidence that a genetic sequences is derived from another organism rather than representing a convergent development?

gene structure I think, syntheny, different evolutionary rates (not sure about this one), different codon-usage or nucleotide frequencies, etc.

sergio