A supertree pipeline for summarizing phylogenetic and taxonomic information for millions of species

We present a new supertree method that enables rapid estimation of a summary tree on the scale of millions of leaves. This supertree method summarizes a collection of input phylogenies and an input taxonomy. We introduce formal goals and criteria for such a supertree to satisfy in order to transpare...

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Main Authors: Benjamin D. Redelings, Mark T. Holder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-03-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3058.pdf