Distinguishing Level-2 Phylogenetic Networks Using Phylogenetic Invariants

arXiv2104.12479MaRDI QIDQ6366125FDOQ6366125

Publication date: 26 April 2021

Abstract: In phylogenetics, it is important for the phylogenetic network model parameters to be identifiable so that the evolutionary histories of a group of species can be consistently inferred. However, as the complexity of the phylogenetic network models grows, the identifiability of network models becomes increasingly difficult to analyze. As an attempt to analyze the identifiability of network models, we check whether two networks are distinguishable. In this paper, we specifically study the distinguishability of phylogenetic network models associated with level-2 networks. Using an algebraic approach, namely using discrete Fourier transformation, we present some results on the distinguishability of some level-2 networks, which generalize earlier work on the distinguishability of level-1 networks. In particular, we study simple and semisimple level-2 networks. Simple and semisimple level-2 networks can be thought as generalizations of level-1 sunlet and cycle networks, respectively. Moreover, we also compare the varieties associated with semisimple level-2 and cycle networks.

Has companion code repository: https://github.com/ardiyam1/Distinguishing-Level-2-Phylogenetic-Networks-Using-Phylogenetic-Invariants

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