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Preferred term

neighbour joining

Definition

[Henderson's] a method of building a phylogenetic tree in which the two most similar sequences are connected together through a node, the two next through another node and so on and then the most similar pairs are connected through a further node, and so on. It produces an additive, non-ultrametric, unrooted tree.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

neighbor join
neighbouring joined
neighbouring joining
NJ

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0707

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Created 10/12/16, last modified 6/18/18

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