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Klappentext Reflecting new software updates, and with more advanced topics, the Fourth Edition helps the student create phylogenetic trees from protein or nucleic acid sequence data. The reader is taken step-by-step from identifying the sequences required, to drawing the tree for presentation to an intended audience. Zusammenfassung Reflecting new software updates, and with more advanced topics, the Fourth Edition helps the student create phylogenetic trees from protein or nucleic acid sequence data. The reader is taken step-by-step from identifying the sequences required, to drawing the tree for presentation to an intended audience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Read Me First!.- Tutorial: Estimate a Tree.- Acquiring the Sequences.- Aligning the Sequences.- Major Methods for Estimating Phylogenetic Trees.- Neighbor-Joining Trees.- Drawing Phylogenetic Trees.- Parsimony.- Maximum Likelihood.- Bayesian Inference of Trees Using MrBayes.- Working with Various Computer Platforms.- Advanced Alignment Using GUIDANCE.- Reconstructing Ancestral Sequences.- Detecting Adaptive Evolution.- Phylogenetic Networks.- Some Final Advice: Learn to Program.- Appendix I. File Formats and Their Interconversion.- Appendix II. Additional Programs.- Appendix III. Frequently Asked Questions.
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Read Me First!.- Tutorial: Estimate a Tree.- Acquiring the Sequences.- Aligning the Sequences.- Major Methods for Estimating Phylogenetic Trees.- Neighbor-Joining Trees.- Drawing Phylogenetic Trees.- Parsimony.- Maximum Likelihood.- Bayesian Inference of Trees Using MrBayes.- Working with Various Computer Platforms.- Advanced Alignment Using GUIDANCE.- Reconstructing Ancestral Sequences.- Detecting Adaptive Evolution.- Phylogenetic Networks.- Some Final Advice: Learn to Program.- Appendix I. File Formats and Their Interconversion.- Appendix II. Additional Programs.- Appendix III. Frequently Asked Questions.
