Encyclopedia of Algorithms

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Beyond Evolutionary Trees

  • Riccardo  DondiEmail author
  • Yuri Pirola
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27848-8_599-1
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Years and Authors of Summarized Original Work

2005; Choy, Jansson, Sadakane, Sung

2010; Della Vedova, Dondi, Jiang, Pavesi, Pirola, Wang

2011; Tofigh, Hallett, Lagergren

2011; van Iersel, Kelk

2014; Kelk, Scornavacca

Problem Definition

Recent developments in phylogenetics have provided evidences that evolutionary histories cannot always be represented as a single tree; thus, more sophisticated representations are needed. Phylogenetic networks are natural extensions of phylogenetic trees that recently gathered general consensus in literature. Let Λ be a finite set of labels, representing a set of extant species (taxa). A rooted phylogenetic N over Λ (or, simply, phylogenetic network or network) is a directed acyclic connected graph \(N =\langle V (N),A(N)\rangle\)

Keywords

Phylogenetic networks Consensus networks Lateral gene transfer 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Università degli Studi di BergamoBergamoItaly
  2. 2.Università degli Studi di Milano-BicoccaMilanItaly