Defining phylogenetic networks using ancestral profiles

DOI10.1016/J.MBS.2021.108537zbMATH Open1475.92114arXiv2012.00109OpenAlexW3120743784WikidataQ129176613 ScholiaQ129176613MaRDI QIDQ2240236FDOQ2240236

Authors: Allan Bai, Charles Semple, Péter L. Erdős, Mike Steel 

Publication date: 8 November 2021

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Rooted phylogenetic networks provide a more complete representation of the ancestral relationship between species than phylogenetic trees when reticulate evolutionary processes are at play. One way to reconstruct a phylogenetic network is to consider its `ancestral profile' (the number of paths from each ancestral vertex to each leaf). In general, this information does not uniquely determine the underlying phylogenetic network. A recent paper considered a new class of phylogenetic networks called `orchard networks' where this uniqueness was claimed to hold. Here we show that an additional restriction on the network, that of being `stack-free', is required in order for the original uniqueness claim to hold. On the other hand, if the additional stack-free restriction is lifted, we establish an alternative result; namely, there is uniqueness within the class of orchard networks up to the resolution of vertices of high in-degree.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.00109

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zbMATH Keywords

tree-child networksorchard networksaccumulation phylogeniesancestral profilespath-tuples

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15)

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Cited In (3)

• Autopolyploidy, allopolyploidy, and phylogenetic networks with horizontal arcs
• Classes of explicit phylogenetic networks and their biological and mathematical significance
• Orchard networks are trees with additional horizontal arcs

Uses Software

• PhyloNetwork

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