A novel approach to phylogenetic trees: d-dimensional geometric Steiner trees

Marcus Brazil, Doreen A. Thomas, Benny Kjær Nielsen, Pawel Winter, Christian Wulff-Nilsen, Martin Zachariasen

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Abstract

We suggest a novel distance-based method for the determination of phylogenetic trees. It is based on multidimensional scaling and Eu- clidean Steiner trees in high-dimensional spaces. Preliminary computational experience shows that the use of Euclidean Steiner trees for finding phylogenetic trees is a viable approach. Experiments also in-dicate that the new method is comparable with results produced by Neighbor Joining [20].
Original languageEnglish
JournalNetworks
Volume53
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)104-111
ISSN0028-3045
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Phylogeny
  • Steiner tree
  • multidimensional scaling

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