Consistency of topological moves based on the balanced minimum evolution principle of phylogenetic inference

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-117

  Bordewich, Magnus ^a   Gascuel, Olivier ^b   Huber, Katharina T ^c   Moulton, Vincent ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIRMM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balanced minimum evolution principle (BME); BNNI algorithm; BSPR algorithm; Consistency; Nearest Neighbor Interchange (NNI); Phylogenetic tree; Quartet distance; Robinson Foulds distance; Subtree prune and regraft (SPR); Topological move; Tree length

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; INTERCHANGES; INTERSECTIONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BALANCED MINIMUM EVOLUTION PRINCIPLE (BME); BNNI ALGORITHM; BSPR ALGORITHM; CONSISTENCY; NEAREST NEIGHBOR INTERCHANGE (NNI); PHYLOGENETIC TREE; QUARTET-DISTANCE; ROBINSON FOULDS DISTANCE; SUBTREE PRUNE AND REGRAFT (SPR); TOPOLOGICAL MOVE; TREE-LENGTH;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 59649127986     PISSN: 15455963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2008.37     Document Type: Article

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