Four-cluster Analysis: a Simple Method to Test Phylogenetic Hypotheses

Overview

Journal Mol Biol Evol

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Biology

Date 1995 Jan 1

PMID 7877491

Citations 12

Authors

A Rzhetsky

S Kumar

M Nei

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Abstract

A simple statistical test for comparing three alternative phylogenetic hypotheses for four monophyletic groups is presented. This test is based on the minimum-evolution principle, and it does not require any information regarding the branching order within each monophyletic group. It is computationally efficient and can be easily extended to five or more monophyletic groups.

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