Read me first! -- Tutorial : estimate a tree! -- Acquiring -- Aligning the sequences -- Major methods for estimating phylogenetic trees -- Neighbor-joining trees -- Drawing phylogenetic trees -- ...

Three methods of phylogenetic tree estimation, UPGMA clustering (UP), maximum parsimony (MP), and neighbor joining (NJ), were used to estimate trees from a large simulation study of 5,400 eight-taxon ...

Creating a family tree that dates back more than 400 million years and details the evolution of the most diverse group of animals on the planet is no easy feat, but one ambitious group of scientists ...

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Just as bird watchers may use binoculars to add to their species lists, scientists interested in bird evolution may use computational tools to clarify avian lineages. Indeed, such tools have enabled ...