Iterative character weighting based on mutation frequency: a new method for constructing phyletic trees.

Abstract excerpt

In this paper we present an iterative character weighting method for the construction of phyletic trees. An initial tree is used to calculate the character weights, which are the number of mutations normalized so that the possible range is corrected for. The weights obtained are used to adjust the tree; this process is iterated until a stable tree is found. Using data generated according to a model tree, we show...

Topics

• Animals
• Base Sequence
• Data Interpretation, Statistical
• Hemoglobins
• Humans
• Mammals
• Methods
• Models, Genetic
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Phylogeny
• Plants