Phylogeography
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Phylogeography is the attempt to include phylogenetic information in the study of the geographic distribution of genetic variation within species. The goal of phylogeography is to reveal and understand the geographic patterns that may result from historical processes such as range expansion/contraction and lineage divergence, which can ultimately lead to speciation.
Scientists in evolutionary biology and cladistics use different methods to reconstruct proposed phylogeny from DNA sequences. Maximum parsimony, neighbor joining, maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches to interpreting DNA sequences are often used.
References
- Avise, John C. 2000. Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674666380.
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