Optimized ancestral state reconstruction using Sankoff parsimony

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Parsimony methods are widely used in molecular evolution to estimate the most plausible phylogeny for a set of characters. Sankoff parsimony determines the minimum number of changes required in a given phylogeny when a cost is associ...

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Main Authors: Valiente Gabriel, Ikeo Kazuho, Clemente José C, Gojobori Takashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-02-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/10/51