Abstract
A basic problem in biology is to reconstruct genetic relationships between species. Genetic relationships are called phylogenies and are commonly rep- resented in form of a tree. The leaves of a phylogenetic tree correspond to contemporary species, the interior nodes to anchestral species, and the edges provide the genetic relationships between the species. The objective is to find a tree that represents the true phylogenetic history of the species. We describe three basic methods for the reconstruction of phylogenetic trees: parsimony, maximum likelihood, and additive distance.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2003 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Zimmermann, KH. (2003). Phylogenetic Trees. In: An Introduction to Protein Informatics. The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 749. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9210-9_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9210-9_5
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4613-4839-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-4419-9210-9
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive