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Model Perspective

Nov 24, 2022 · Fundamentals

Unraveling Virus Evolution: How Phylogenetic Trees Reveal Hidden Relationships

Virus phylogeny explores how genetic mutations, recombination, and evolutionary rates shape viral lineages, using tree-based methods such as distance, maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian approaches, while addressing challenges like variable molecular clocks, recombination, and limited sampling to infer relationships and origins.