Fast compatibility testing for rooted phylogenetic trees

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Fast compatibility testing for rooted phylogenetic trees (scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6792421)



Abstract: We consider the following basic problem in phylogenetic tree construction. Let mathcalP=T1,ldots,Tk be a collection of rooted phylogenetic trees over various subsets of a set of species. The tree compatibility problem asks whether there is a tree T with the following property: for each iin1,dots,k, Ti can be obtained from the restriction of T to the species set of Ti by contracting zero or more edges. If such a tree T exists, we say that mathcalP is compatible. We give a ildeO(MmathcalP) algorithm for the tree compatibility problem, where MmathcalP is the total number of nodes and edges in mathcalP. Unlike previous algorithms for this problem, the running time of our method does not depend on the degrees of the nodes in the input trees. Thus, it is equally fast on highly resolved and highly unresolved trees.












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