Constructing phylogenetic networks via cherry picking and machine learning

CONCLUSIONS: Unlike the existing exact methods, our heuristics are applicable to datasets of practical size, and the experimental study we conducted on both simulated and real data shows that these solutions are qualitatively good, always within some small constant factor from the optimum. Moreover, our machine-learned heuristics are one of the first applications of machine learning to phylogenetics and show its promise.PMID:37717003 | DOI:10.1186/s13015-023-00233-3

Source: Algorithms for Molecular Biology : AMB - September 16, 2023 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Giulia Bernardini Leo van Iersel Esther Julien Leen Stougie Source Type: research