Do we still need supertrees?

作者：von Haeseler Arndt^*

来源：BMC Biology, 2012, 10: 13.

DOI：10.1186/1741-7007-10-13

The up-dated species level phylogeny for the carnivores using a supertree approach provides new insights into the evolutionary origin and relationships of carnivores. While the gain in biological knowledge is substantial, the supertree approach is not undisputed. I discuss the principles of supertree methods and the competitor supermatrix approaches. I argue that both methods are important to infer phylogenetic relationships.

• 出版日期2012-2-27