phylogenetics

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• Phylogenetics — In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: phyle/phylon (φυλή/φῦλον) tribe, race and genetikos (γενετικός) relative to birth from genesis (γένεσις ) birth ) is the study of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms (e.g., species,… …   Wikipedia

• phylogenetics — noun The systematic study of organism relationships based on evolutionary similarities and differences. See Also: phylogenetic, phylogenesis, phylogeny …   Wiktionary

• phylogenetics — Сельское хозяйство: филогенетика …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Computational phylogenetics — is the application of computational algorithms, methods and programs to phylogenetic analyses. The goal is to assemble a phylogenetic tree representing a hypothesis about the evolutionary ancestry of a set of genes, species, or other taxa. For… …   Wikipedia

• Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics) — Parsimony is a non parametric statistical method commonly used in computational phylogenetics for estimating phylogenies. Under parsimony, the preferred phylogenetic tree is the tree that requires the least evolutionary change to explain some… …   Wikipedia

• Molecular phylogenetics — (pronounced /məˈlɛkjʊlər faɪlɵdʒɪˈnɛtɪks/) is the analysis of hereditary molecular differences, mainly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism s evolutionary relationships. The result of a molecular phylogenetic analysis is… …   Wikipedia

• List of phylogenetics software — This list of phylogenetics software is a compilation of computational phylogenetics software used to produce phylogenetic trees. Such tools are commonly used in comparative genomics, cladistics, and bioinformatics. Methods for estimating… …   Wikipedia

• Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution —   …   Wikipedia

• Basal (phylogenetics) — In phylogenetics, a basal clade is the earliest clade to branch in a larger clade; it appears at the base of a cladogram. A basal group form an outgroup to the rest of the clade.The word basal is preferred to the loaded term primitive , which has …   Wikipedia

• Split (phylogenetics) — A split in phylogenetics is a bipartition of a set of taxa, and the smallest unit of information in unrooted phylogenetic trees: each edge of an unrooted phylogenetic tree represents one split, and the tree can be efficiently reconstructed from… …   Wikipedia