Testing the theory of evolution by comparing phylogenetic trees constructed from five different protein sequences

1982/05/01 by David Penny, L. R. Foulds, Michael D. Hendy +1 · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Biology #Character (mathematics) #Character evolution #Clade #Computational biology #Computational phylogenetics #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Evolutionary biology #Evolutionary theory #Gene #Genetics #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Mathematics #Origins and Evolution of Life #Philosophy #Phylogenetic network #Phylogenetic tree #Phylogenetics #Sequence (biology)

paper · doi:10.1038/297197a0

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Citations

• Toward a Phylogenetic Classification of the Mammalia
• The Number of Evolutionary Trees
• Natural Selection and the Emergence of Mind

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