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. 2003 Sep;13(9):2178–2189. doi: 10.1101/gr.1224503

Table 2.

Comparison of Ortholog Groups Identified by OrthoMCL vs. EGO

Total OrthoMCLa EGOb Grouped by both (∩) Identical groups EGO extends OrthoMCLe OrthoMCL extends EGOf Coherent groups
# Protein sequences 39,420 13,851 (35%) 5,286 (13%) 4,959 (36/94%)c 2,432 (49%)d 158 (3%)d 3,004 (61%)d 4,716 (95%)d
Yeast data set 6,358 2,531 (40%) 923 (15%) 882 (35/96%) 452 (51%) 38 (4%) 617 (70%) 827 (94%)
Fly data set 13,288 5,409 (41%) 2,138 (17%) 2,018 (37/94%) 987 (49%) 66 (3%) 1,174 (58%) 1,928 (96%)
Worm data set 19,774 5,911 (30%) 2,225 (11%) 2,059 (35/93%) 993 (48%) 54 (3%) 1,213 (59%) 1,961 (95%)
# Groups 4,425 3,620 not applicable 989 (22/27%)g 70 (2%)i 2,038 (56%)j 1,059/3,027h (24/84%)g
Yeast, fly not worm sequences 586 (4%)k 816 (17%)l 56 (10/7%) 40 (71%) 2 (4%) 9 (16%) 51 (92%)
groups 215 (5%)i 440 (12%)j not applicable 20 (9/5%) 1 (0.5%) 5 (1%) 21/25 (10/6%)
Yeast, worm not fly sequences 470 (3%) 911 (17%) 62 (13/7%) 28 (45%) 0 (0%) 30 (48%) 58 (94%)
groups 155 (4%) 492 (14%) not applicable 14 (9/3%) 0 (0%) 19 (4%) 14/33 (9/7%)
Fly, worm not yeast sequences 6,337 (46%) 3,568 (67%) 1,614 (25/45%) 1,161 (72%) 18 (1%) 390 (24%) 1,535 (95%)
groups 2,307 (52%) 1,874 (52%) not applicable 571 (25/30%) 9 (0.4%) 208 (11%) 580/779 (25/42%)
Fly, worm and yeast sequences 6,458 (47%) 2,105 (40%) 1,868 (29/89%) 1,203 (64%) 48 (3%) 654 (35%) 1,763 (94%)
groups 1,748 (40%) 814 (22%) not applicable 384 (22/47%) 16 (1%) 263 (32%) 400/647 (23/79%)
a

Using inflation index I = 2.5 (see text).

b

See text for description of pruning method used to identify groups containing sequences from at least two of the three species under consideration (yeast, fly, and worm).

c

Percent of sequences grouped by OrthoMCL (left) or EGO (right).

d

Percent of sequences grouped by both OrthoMCL and EGO.

e

Coherent (but not identical) groups extended by EGO (EGO ⊃ OrthoMCL).

f

Coherent (but not identical) groups extended by OrthoMCL (OrthoMCL ⊃ EGO).

g

Percent of OrthoMCL groups (left); percent of EGO groups (right).

h

OrthoMCL groups entirely contained within EGO groups (left); EGO groups entirely contained within OrthoMCL groups (right).

i

Percent of OrthoMCL groups (regardless of species distribution).

j

Percent of EGO groups (regardless of species distribution).

k

Percent of all sequences grouped by OrthoMCL (regardless of species distribution).

l

Percent of all sequences grouped by EGO (regardless of species distribution).