Normalising phylogenetic networks
Populations and Evolution
2021-05-31 v2
Abstract
Rooted phylogenetic networks provide a way to describe species' relationships when evolution departs from the simple model of a tree. However, networks inferred from genomic data can be highly tangled, making it difficult to discern the main reticulation signals present. In this paper, we describe a natural way to transform any rooted phylogenetic network into a simpler canonical network, which has desirable mathematical and computational properties, and is based only on the 'visible' nodes in the original network. The method has been implemented and we demonstrate its application to some examples.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2008.07797,
title = {Normalising phylogenetic networks},
author = {Andrew Francis and Daniel H. Huson and Mike Steel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.07797},
year = {2021}
}
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18 pages, 5 figures