3 papers
math.CO2024
A dissimilarity measure for semidirected networks
Michael Maxfield, Jingcheng Xu, Cécile Ané
Semidirected networks have received interest in evolutionary biology as the appropriate generalization of unrooted trees to networks, in which some but not all edges are directed.…
q-bio.PE2024
A consistent least-squares criterion for calibrating edge lengths in phylogenetic networks
Jingcheng Xu, Cécile Ané
In phylogenetic networks, it is desirable to estimate edge lengths in substitutions per site or calendar time. Yet, there is a lack of scalable methods that provide such estimates.…
q-bio.PE2024
Identifying circular orders for blobs in phylogenetic networks
John A. Rhodes, Hector Banos, Jingcheng Xu +1
Interest in the inference of evolutionary networks relating species or populations has grown with the increasing recognition of the importance of hybridization, gene flow and admix…