An ant colony optimization algorithm for phylogenetic estimation under the minimum evolution principle

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Distance matrix methods constitute a major family of phylogenetic estimation methods, and the minimum evolution (ME) principle (aiming at recovering the phylogeny with shortest length) is one of the most commonly used optimality crit...

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Main Authors: Milinkovitch Michel C, Pesenti Rafflaele, Catanzaro Daniele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/228