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A representation-theoretic approach to the calculation of evolutionary distance in bacteria
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posted on 2023-05-19, 08:44 authored by Jeremy SumnerJeremy Sumner, Peter JarvisPeter Jarvis, Francis, ARIn the context of bacteria and models of their evolution under genome rearrangement, we explore a novel application of group representation theory to the inference of evolutionary history. Our contribution is to show, in a very general maximum likelihood setting, how to use elementary matrix algebra to sidestep intractable combinatorial computations and convert the problem into one of eigenvalue estimation amenable to standard numerical approximation techniques.
Funding
Australian Research Council
History
Publication title
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and TheoreticalVolume
50Article number
335601Number
335601Pagination
1-14ISSN
1751-8121Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.Place of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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