A Mathematical Primer of Molecular Phylogenetics

ISBN-13: 9781774630068 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 366 str.

Xuhua Xia

Opis

The volume provides sufficient mathematical background for young mathematicians and computational scientists, as well as mathematically inclined biology students, to make a smooth entry into the expanding field of molecular phylogenetics.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to Molecular Phylogenetics  2. Sequence Alignment  3. Nucleotide Substitution Models and Evolutionary Distances  4. Protein and Codon Substitution Models and their Evolutionary Distances  5. Substitution Rate Heterogeneity over Sites  6. Maximum Parsimony Method  7. Distance-Based Phylogenetic Methods  8. Maximum Likelihood in Molecular Phylogenetics  9. Comparative Methods  10. Appendix