Phylogenetic Networks with Every Embedded Phylogenetic Tree a Base Tree

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 78 - Trang 132-137 - 2015
Charles Semple1
1School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Tóm tắt

We show that the class of tree-child networks is precisely the class of tree-based networks with the property that every embedded phylogenetic tree is a base tree.

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