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FLAIRS
2009
13 years 3 months ago
Join Tree Propagation Utilizing Both Arc Reversal and Variable Elimination
In this paper, we put forth the first join tree propagation algorithm that selectively applies either arc reversal (AR) or variable elimination (VE) to build the propagated messag...
Cory J. Butz, Ken Konkel, Pawan Lingras
EVOW
2010
Springer
14 years 14 days ago
Top-Down Induction of Phylogenetic Trees
We propose a novel distance based method for phylogenetic tree reconstruction. Our method is based on a conceptual clustering method that extends the well-known decision tree learn...
Celine Vens, Eduardo Costa, Hendrik Blockeel
BIBE
2005
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Improved Phylogenetic Motif Detection Using Parsimony
We have recently demonstrated (La et al, Proteins, 58:2005) that sequence fragments approximating the overall familial phylogeny, called phylogenetic motifs (PMs), represent a pro...
Usman Roshan, Dennis R. Livesay, David La
BIOCOMP
2007
13 years 7 months ago
Aldose Reductase and Nitric Oxide Synthase Role in Diabetic Retinopathy: A Bioinformatics Study
- Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness among patients with diabetes mellitus. We investigated the role of several proteins that are likely to be involved in the d...
Hanuman Thota, Nageswara rao Kunjam, Suresh Babu C...
ALMOB
2007
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13 years 5 months ago
Consistency of the Neighbor-Net Algorithm
Background: Neighbor-Net is a novel method for phylogenetic analysis that is currently being widely used in areas such as virology, bacteriology, and plant evolution. Given an inp...
David Bryant, Vincent Moulton, Andreas Spillner