4-CLUSTER ANALYSIS - A SIMPLE METHOD TO TEST PHYLOGENETIC HYPOTHESES

Authors
RZHETSKY A KUMAR S NEI M
Citation
A. Rzhetsky et al., 4-CLUSTER ANALYSIS - A SIMPLE METHOD TO TEST PHYLOGENETIC HYPOTHESES, Molecular biology and evolution, 12(1), 1995, pp. 163-167
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Molecular biology and evolution → ACNP
ISSN journal
07374038
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
163 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0737-4038(1995)12:1<163:4A-ASM>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A simple statistical test for comparing three alternative phylogenetic hypotheses for four monophyletic groups is presented. This test is ba sed on the minimum-evolution principle, and it does not require any in formation regarding the branching order within each monophyletic group . It is computationally efficient and can be easily extended to five o r more monophyletic groups.