系统发育基因组学——重建生命之树的一条迷人途径

Phylogenomics——An Attractive Avenue to Reconstruct "Tree of Life"

生物基因组计划的相继启动对系统发育学研究的发展产生了深远影响。将基因组学和系统发育学结合起来的“系统发育基因组学”在这一背景下应运而生,这门崭新交叉学科的出现成为重建“生命之树”的一条迷人途径。文章重点围绕系统发育基因组学的概念以及分析方法进行扼要介绍,并探讨了它目前潜在的问题以及将来有待发展和完善的地方。

The successive start-up of genome project in recent years has far-reaching impact on present phylogenetic studies. A new synthesized discipline-＂Phylogenomics＂, combing genomics with phylogenetics together, is emerging, and becomes an attractive avenue to reconstruct ＂Tree of Life＂. In the review, the conception and analytic method of phylogenomics are summarized. The potential problems are also suggested.