In article <6cf14d$rof at net.bio.net>, Martin Cann <mjcann at med.cornell.edu> wrote:
> Could anyone please recommmend a good introductory reference to rooting
> trees, the relative advantages/disadvantages of various tree building
> methods, and the analysis of trees.
>> I can use PHYLIP quite happily but would like to have a rudimentary
> theoretical basis on which I can draw some conclusions and pose new
> hypotheses.
>
Martin,
I often recommend Molecular Systematics by Hillis, Moritz and Mable
published by Sinauer Associates
<http://www.sinauer.com/system.shtml#Hillis>. I think that it would be a
good start.
Jerry Learn
Research Associate
Health Sci. Ctr., Rm. K443-C |
Dept. of Microbiology | Learn at u.washington.edu
University of Washington | Phone: (206) 616-4286
Box 357740 | FAX: (206) 616-1575
Seattle, WA 98195-7740 USA |
