Mathematics of evolution and phylogeny /
edited by Olivier Gascuel.
- xxvi, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
The minimum evolution distance-based approach to phylogenetic inference -- Likelihood calculation in molecular phylogenetics -- Bayesian inference in molecular phylogenetics -- Statistical approach to tests involving phylogenies -- Mixture models in phylogenetic inference -- Hadamard conjugation : an analytic tool for phylogenetics -- Phylogenetic networks -- Reconstructing the duplication history of tandemly repeated sequences -- Conserved segment statistics and rearrangement inferences in comparative genomics -- The inversion distance problem -- Genome rearrangements with gene families -- Reconstructing phylogenies from gene-content and gene-order data -- Distance-based genome rearrangement phylogeny -- How much can evolved characters tell us about the tree that generated them? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
"This book considers evolution at different scales. The focus is on the mathematical and computational tools and concepts, which form an essential basis of evolutionary studies, indicate their limitations, and give them orientation"--Provided by publisher. "This book considers evolution at different scales: sequences, gene families, organelles, genomes and species. The focus is on the mathematical and computational tools and concepts, which form an essential basis of evolutionary studies, indicate their limitations, and give them orientation. Recent years have witnessed rapid progress in the mathematics of evolution and phylogeny, with models and methods becoming more realistic, powerful, and complex." "Aimed at graduates and researchers in phylogenetics, mathematicians and biologists."--BOOK JACKET.