Biology

Computational Phylogenetics

Computational Phylogenetics

Computational phylogenetics is the application of computational algorithms, approaches, and programs in order to phylogenetic analyses. The goal is to assemble a phylogenetic tree representing a hypothesis concerning the evolutionary ancestry of a couple of genes, species, or maybe other taxa. For example, these techniques are actually used to explore the household tree of hominid species along with the relationships between particular genes shared by various organisms.