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Minimum Evolution (ME) is a phylogenetic tree building method. It uses a pairwise distance matrix, calculated from a multiple sequence alignment, to generate a phylogenetic tree. ME evaluates different tree arrangements by estimating branch lengths that best fit the distance data, then selects the branching pattern with the smallest total branch length. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Minimum evolutionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Reproducibility in ecology and evolution: Minimum standards for data and codeInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Le capital au XXIe siècleThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: FastTree: Computing Large Minimum Evolution Trees with Profiles instead of a Distance MatrixCited 5,411 times
- Go sideways: Neighbor joiningA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Maximum parsimonyA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
FastTree: Computing Large Minimum Evolution Trees with Profiles instead of a Distance Matrix
Toward Defining the Course of Evolution: Minimum Change for a Specific Tree Topology
Evolution of the Sun's Spectral Irradiance Since the Maunder Minimum
The Evolution of the Minimum Degree Ordering Algorithm
Minimum time for the evolution to an orthogonal quantum state
Theoretical foundation of the minimum-evolution method of phylogenetic inference.
A Simple Method for Estimating and Testing Minimum-Evolution Trees
Evolution of Minimum Mortality Temperature in Stockholm, Sweden, 1901–2009
🆕 Influential since 2022
Reproducibility in ecology and evolution: Minimum standards for data and code
CME Evolution in the Structured Heliosphere and Effects at Earth and Mars During Solar Minimum
Minimum platelet count threshold before invasive procedures in cirrhosis: Evolution of the guidelines
A tutorial on the balanced minimum evolution problem
Evolution and dynamics of the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone: Understanding the paradoxes
📚 Books worth reading
Le capital au XXIe siècleThomas Piketty · 2013
Neural Information ProcessingTingwen Huang · 2012
Writing ArgumentsJohn D. Ramage, John C. Bean · 2000
Principles of international investment lawRudolf Dolzer, Christoph Schreuer · 2008
Fault lines of international legitimacyHilary Charlesworth, Jean-Marc Coicaud · 2009- 📕Legislating Morality in AmericaDonald P. Haider-Markel · 2020
Discord and directionSharon James McGee, Carolyn Handa · 2005
Social Issues in AmericaJames Ciment · 2006
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🔗 Related topics
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- Distance matrices in phylogeny Distance matrices are used in phylogeny as non-parametric distance methods and were originally applied to phenetic data using a matrix of pairwise distances…
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