Perfect Phylogeny - Example

Example

Both of these data sets illustrate examples of character state matrices. Using matrix M'1 one is able to observe that the resulting phylogenetic tree can be created such that each of the characters label exactly one edge of the tree. In contrast, when observing matrix M'2, one can see that there is no way to set up the phylogenetic tree such that each character labels only one edge length.

  • Character state matrices
  • An example of a character matrix that can be depicted as a perfect phylogeny

  • PerfectPhylogenyExample2.jpg

    An example of a character matrix that cannot be organized as a perfect phylogeny

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