Description
Phylogenetic combinatorics is a branch of discrete applied mathematics concerned with the combinatorial description and analysis of phylogenetic trees and related mathematical structures such as phylogenetic networks and tight spans. Based on a natural conceptual framework, the book focuses on the interrelationship between the principal options for encoding phylogenetic trees: split systems, quartet systems and metrics. Such encodings provide useful options for analyzing and manipulating phylogenetic trees and networks, and are at the basis of much of phylogenetic data processing. This book highlights how each one provides a unique perspective for viewing and perceiving the combinatorial structure of a phylogenetic tree and is, simultaneously, a rich source for combinatorial analysis and theory building. Graduate students and researchers in mathematics and computer science will enjoy exploring this fascinating new area and learn how mathematics may be used to help solve topical problems arising in evolutionary biology.
The first book to systematically introduce the emerging area of phylogenetic combinatorics.
About the Author
Andreas Dress is a Professor Emeritus in the Mathematics Department at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. Katharina T. Huber is a Lecturer in the School of Computing Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK. Jacobus Koolen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea. Vincent Moulton is a Professor in the School of Computing Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK. Andreas Spillner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Greifswald, Germany.
Reviews
"This book concerns the combinatorial description of phylogenetic trees and related structures such as phylogenetic networked and tight spans. The book presents a system approach which includes both classical and new results." Stephen J. Willson, Mathematical Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9780521768320
Author Andreas Dress
Format Hardback
Page Count 276
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 540g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 157mm * 20mm
The first book to systematically introduce the emerging area of phylogenetic combinatorics.
About the Author
Andreas Dress is a Professor Emeritus in the Mathematics Department at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. Katharina T. Huber is a Lecturer in the School of Computing Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK. Jacobus Koolen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea. Vincent Moulton is a Professor in the School of Computing Sciences at the University of East Anglia, UK. Andreas Spillner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Greifswald, Germany.
Reviews
"This book concerns the combinatorial description of phylogenetic trees and related structures such as phylogenetic networked and tight spans. The book presents a system approach which includes both classical and new results." Stephen J. Willson, Mathematical Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9780521768320
Author Andreas Dress
Format Hardback
Page Count 276
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 540g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 157mm * 20mm
