title: [Introduction to the methods of constructing phylogenetic trees with DNA sequences].
abstract: Construction of phylogenetic trees is a key means in molecular evolutionary studies. The methods of constructing phylogenetic trees include the distance-based methods, parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian inference methods. To resolve a special problem about phylogeny, several notices are necessary: first, to select the reasonable data at less bias as possible; second, to choose the proper method to reconstruct phylogenetic tree; third, to evaluate the conclusions and explain them on the field of evolution. The present paper provides a brief introduction of the principles of data selection and tree-construction methods, and discusses about their advantage and disadvantage points.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430 074, China. giantboyli@163.com
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xu-Long
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004247:DNA