Concept information
This concept has been deprecated.
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
Entry terms
- neighbor join
- neighbouring joined
- neighbouring joining
- NJ
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0707
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