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We compared the numbers of nucleotide substitutions occurring in the non-coding regions and coding regions of Ebola virus genomes and found that non-coding regions contain indispensable phylogenetic and evolutionary information. The omission of genetic data from non-coding regions can lead to unreliable phylogenies and inaccurate estimates of evolutionary parameters.
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Jiang, X., Zhang, Z., Zhuang, D. et al. Non-coding regions of the Ebola virus genome contain indispensable phylogenetic and evolutionary information. Sci. China Life Sci. 58, 682–686 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-015-4857-9
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