Mathematics of Evolution and Phylogeny

This book considers evolution at different scales: sequences genes gene families organelles genomes and species. The focus is on the mathematical and computational tools and concepts which form an essential basis of evolutionary studies indicate their limitations and give them orientation. Recent years have witnessed rapid progress in the mathematics of evolution and phylogeny with models and methods becoming more realistic powerful and complex.Aimed at graduates and researchers in phylogenetics mathematicians computer scientists and biologists and including chapters by leading scientists: A. Bergeron D. Bertrand D. Bryant R. Desper O. Elemento N. El-Mabrouk N. Galtier O. Gascuel M. Hendy S. Holmes K. Huber A. Meade J. Mixtacki B. Moret E. Mossel V. Moulton M. Pagel M.-A. Poursat D. Sankoff M. Steel J. Stoye J. Tang L.-S. Wang T. Warnow Z. Yang this book of contributed chapters explains the basis and covers the recent results in this highly topical area.