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Phylogeny

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posted on 2023-05-25, 15:08 authored by Michael CharlestonMichael Charleston
© 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. The branching pattern of ancestorâ"descendant relationships among âtaxaâ™ (e.g., species or their genes) is called a âphylogenyâ™ âPhylogeneticsâ™ is the process of attempting to estimate these historical relationships by examining information such as DNA, protein sequences, or morphological (shape) characters from extant taxa. This information is generally presented using a mathematical tree â" a structure used to describe the evolutionary history of the taxa at a high level. These trees come in several different varieties and can be inferred in several different ways. There is a great amount of effort being put into methods of estimating trees, as well as determining particular phylogenies for species of interest.

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Volume

5

Editors

S Maloy, K Hughes

Pagination

324-325

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science

Place of publication

London

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  • Restricted

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