Basic Phylogenetic Combinatorics
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About this book

Phylogenetic combinatorics is a branch of discrete applied mathematics concerned with the combinatorial description and analysis of phylogenetic trees and related mathematical structures such as phylogenetic networks and tight spans. Based on a natural conceptual framework, the book focuses on the interrelationship between the principal options for encoding phylogenetic trees: split systems, quartet systems and metrics. Such encodings provide useful options for analyzing and manipulating phylogenetic trees and networks, and are at the basis of much of phylogenetic data processing. This book highlights how each one provides a unique perspective for viewing and perceiving the combinatorial structure of a phylogenetic tree and is, simultaneously, a rich source for combinatorial analysis and theory building. Graduate students and researchers in mathematics and computer science will enjoy exploring this fascinating new area and learn how mathematics may be used to help solve topical problems arising in evolutionary biology.

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Yes, you can access Basic Phylogenetic Combinatorics by Andreas Dress,Katharina T. Huber,Jacobus Koolen,Vincent Moulton,Andreas Spillner in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Mathematics & Discrete Mathematics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Basic Phylogenetic Combinatorics
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1: Preliminaries
  9. 2: Encoding X-trees
  10. 3: Consistency of X-tree encodings
  11. 4: From split systems to networks
  12. 5: From metrics to networks: The tight span
  13. 6: From quartet and tree systems to trees
  14. 7: From metrics to split systems and back
  15. 8: Maps to and from quartet systems
  16. 9: Rooted trees and the Farris transform
  17. 10: On measuring and removing inconsistencies
  18. Commonly used symbols
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index