title: Homology and the optimization of DNA sequence data.
abstract: Three methods of nucleotide character analysis are discussed. Their implications for molecular sequence homology and phylogenetic analysis are compared. The criterion of inter-data set congruence, both character based and topological, are applied to two data sets to elucidate and potentially discriminate among these parsimony-based ideas.
authors.affiliation: Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York 10024-5192, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wheeler
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000379:methods*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D009711:Nucleotides; D025801:Ubiquitin