Overview
Phylogenetic combinatorics is a branch of discrete applied mathematics concerned with the combinatorial description and analysis of phylogenetic trees and related mathematical structures such as phylogenetic networks and tight spans. Based on a natural conceptual framework, the book focuses on the interrelationship between the principal options for encoding phylogenetic trees: split systems, quartet systems and metrics. Such encodings provide useful options for analyzing and manipulating phylogenetic trees and networks, and are at the basis of much of phylogenetic data processing. This book highlights how each one provides a unique perspective for viewing and perceiving the combinatorial structure of a phylogenetic tree and is, simultaneously, a rich source for combinatorial analysis and theory building. Graduate students and researchers in mathematics and computer science will enjoy exploring this fascinating new area and learn how mathematics may be used to help solve topical problems arising in evolutionary biology.
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Author: Andreas Dress (Universität Bielefeld, Germany) ,
Katharina T. Huber (University of East Anglia) ,
Jacobus Koolen (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea) ,
Vincent Moulton (University of East Anglia)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN: 9781139019767
ISBN 10: 1139019767
Publication Date: 05 June 2012
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This book concerns the combinatorial description of phylogenetic trees and related structures such as phylogenetic networked and tight spans. The book presents a system approach which includes both classical and new results. Stephen J. Willson, Mathematical Reviews
This book concerns the combinatorial description of phylogenetic trees and related structures such as phylogenetic networked and tight spans. The book presents a system approach which includes both classical and new results. Stephen J. Willson, Mathematical Reviews
Author Information
Andreas Dress is a Professor Emeritus in the Mathematics Department at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. Katharina T. Huber is a Lecturer in the School of Computing Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK. Jacobus Koolen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea. Vincent Moulton is a Professor in the School of Computing Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK. Andreas Spillner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Greifswald, Germany.
