A simple parsimony-based approach to assess ancestor-descendant relationships

• Published in: Український ботанічний журнал
• Date: 2017
• Main Author: Aubert, D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут ботаніки ім. М.Г. Холодного НАН України 2017
• Subjects: Загальні проблеми, огляди, дискусії
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/178494
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: A simple parsimony-based approach to assess ancestor-descendant relationships / D. Aubert // Український ботанічний журнал. — 2017. — Т. 74, № 2. — С. 103-121. — Бібліогр.: 52 назв. — англ.

One of the main goals of systematics is to reconstruct the tree of life. Half a century ago, the breakthrough of cladistics was a major step towards this objective because it allowed us to assess relatedness patterns among species, an abstract kind of relationship. Unfortunately, the philosophy of...