Phylogenetic network
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A phylogenetic network is any graph used to visualize evolutionary relationships between species or organisms. It should be employed when reticulate events such as hybridization, horizontal gene transfer, recombination, or gene duplication and loss are believed to be involved, and, even in the absence of such events, phylogenetic networks may have a valuable role to play. Phylogenetic trees are a subset of phylogenetic networks.
References
D. H. Huson and D. Bryant, Application of Phylogenetic Networks in Evolutionary Studies, Mol. Biol. Evol., 23(2):254-267, 2006.
See also
External links
- [A tutorial] that reviews the terminology used for phylogenetic networks and covers both split networks and reticulate networks, their definition and interpretation.
- [Software for computing networks].
| Topics in phylogenetics
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| Relevant fields: phylogenetics | computational phylogenetics | molecular phylogeny | cladistics |
| Basic concepts: synapomorphy | phylogenetic tree | phylogenetic network | long branch attraction |
| Phylogeny inference methods: maximum parsimony | maximum likelihood | neighbour joining | UPGMA |
| Current topics: PhyloCode | DNA barcoding |
| List of evolutionary biology topics |
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