Turjak M, Trontelj P: A method for measuring support for synapomorphy using character state distributions on phylogenetic trees. Cladistics 2012, 1:1-12.Turjak, M. & Trontelj, P. (2012) A method for measuring support for synapomorphy using character state distributions on phy- logenetic ...
Basic concepts:synapomorphy|phylogenetic tree|phylogenetic network|long branch attraction Phylogeny inference methods:maximum parsimony|maximum likelihood|neighbour joining|UPGMA|Bayesian inference Current topics:PhyloCode|DNA barcoding List of evolutionary biology topics ...
phylogenetic inference is termedmaximum likelihood. Maximum likelihood, like parsimony methods, also evaluates alternative trees (hypotheses of relationship), but considers theprobability, based on some selectedmodel of evolution, that each tree explains the data. That tree which has the highest ...
In figuring out the family tree of phylogenetic relationships within any group of organisms, features that are constant within that group or that are inherited from its last common ancestor are of no help. The only useful evidence comprises evolutionary novelties that have appeared within the group...
If synapomorphy and monophyly were equivalent, phylogenetic systematists should find a single tree, instead of multiple equally parsimonious trees. Understanding synapomorphy as the relevant evidence for phylogenetic inference reveals a category mistake in contemporary phylogenetics: the treatment of ...
The Gram stain: a declining synapomorphy in an emerging evolutionary tree. Rev in Med Microbiol 1997; 8:103-100.Shah H N, Gharbia S E, Collins M D. The gram-stain, a declining synapomorphy in an emerging evolutionary tree. Rev Med Microbiol. ...