Discriminating Supported and Unsupported Relationships in Supertrees Using Triplets

A supertree is a phylogeny formed by combining information from disparate phylogenetic trees. Supertree methods have been particularly used for constructing large phylogenies from previously published trees and there is a growing literature using supertree methods for phylogenetic inference in macro...

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Published in:Systematic biology 2006-04, Vol.55 (2), p.345-350
Main Authors: Cotton, James A., Slater, Claire S. C., Wilkinson, Mark, Steel, Mike
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology
Cladistics
Dyadics
Evolution
Genetic research
Inference
Models, Biological
Parsimony
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Points of View
Rules of inference
Steels
Taxa
Triplets
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Summary:A supertree is a phylogeny formed by combining information from disparate phylogenetic trees. Supertree methods have been particularly used for constructing large phylogenies from previously published trees and there is a growing literature using supertree methods for phylogenetic inference in macroevolutionary studies. Cotton et al discuss supported and unsupported relationships in supertrees using triplets.
ISSN:1063-5157
1076-836X
DOI:10.1080/10635150500481556