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We used the full model framework (equations 4) to identify the most parsimonious model of the dynamics at each trophic level.
At present, the second and more parsimonious possibility has not been rigorously excluded.
The most parsimonious explanation to be drawn from candidates with no significant matches to any metazoan genes is that they arose by horizontal gene transfer from a non-metazoan pool, as opposed to multiple independent gene losses in the metazoan lineages.
The adjusted analyses involved the composite variables described in the Methods section with the purpose of constructing the most parsimonious model.
Three scenarios can explain the presence in species A of a gene which is absent in species B and C: first, the gene was present in the common ancestor of the species A, B, and C, and has then been independently lost in species B and C; second, the gene has been acquired by the common ancestor of species A and B, and then lost in species B; and third, the gene has been recently acquired by species A. The last hypothesis is the most parsimonious explanation if one considers that the acquisition of a gene is at least as probable as a loss.