Felsenstein's tree-pruning algorithm

In statistical genetics, Felsenstein's tree-pruning algorithm (or Felsenstein's tree-peeling algorithm), attributed to Joseph Felsenstein, is an algorithm for efficiently computing the likelihood of an evolutionary tree from nucleic acid sequence data. ^[1]

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1. 3 relations: Ancestral reconstruction, Felsenstein, Joseph Felsenstein.

Ancestral reconstruction

Ancestral reconstruction (also known as Character Mapping or Character Optimization) is the extrapolation back in time from measured characteristics of individuals, populations, or species to their common ancestors.

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Felsenstein

Felsenstein may refer to.

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Joseph Felsenstein

Joseph "Joe" Felsenstein (born May 9, 1942) is a Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Genome Sciences and Biology at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felsenstein's_tree-pruning_algorithm

Also known as Felsenstein's Tree Peeling Algorithm, Felsenstein's tree pruning algorithm.

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