Four-cluster analysis: a simple method to test phylogenetic hypotheses

A Rzhetsky; S Kumar; M Nei

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040185

Four-cluster analysis: a simple method to test phylogenetic hypotheses

A Rzhetsky, S Kumar, M Nei

Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer (NDC)

Pennsylvania State University

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	163-167
Number of pages	5
Journal	Molecular Biology and Evolution
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040185
State	Published - Jan 1995

Keywords

Animals
Biological Evolution
Birds/genetics
Cluster Analysis
Computer Simulation
DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics
Models, Genetic
Models, Statistical
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal/genetics

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