Recrafting the neighbor-joining method

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The neighbor-joining method by Saitou and Nei is a widely used method for constructing phylogenetic trees. The formulation of the method gives rise to a canonical Θ(<it>n</it><sup>3</sup>) algorithm upon which...

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Main Authors: Pedersen Christian NS, Fagerberg Rolf, Brodal Gerth S, Mailund Thomas, Phillips Derek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-01-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/7/29