Analyzing the fitch method for reconstructing ancestral states on ultrametric phylogenetic trees

DOI10.1007/s11538-010-9505-8zbMath1201.92052OpenAlexW2104413456WikidataQ51727993 ScholiaQ51727993MaRDI QIDQ611942

Jian Shen, Guo-liang Li, Louxin Zhang, Jialiang Yang

Publication date: 15 December 2010

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-010-9505-8

zbMATH Keywords

phylogenetic treesancestral state reconstructionreconstruction accuracyfitch method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Graph theory (05C99)

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