A balance index for phylogenetic trees based on rooted quartets

DOI10.1007/s00285-019-01377-wzbMath1416.05069arXiv1803.01651OpenAlexW2950624552WikidataQ92827669 ScholiaQ92827669MaRDI QIDQ2315219

Arnau Mir, Gabriel Valiente, Tomás M. Coronado, Francesc Rosselló

Publication date: 1 August 2019

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01651

zbMATH Keywords

phylogenetic treeprobabilistic modelssampling consistencytree shapebalance index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity (68Q25) Trees (05C05) Taxonomy, cladistics, statistics in mathematical biology (92B10)

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