title: Do we still need supertrees?
abstract: The up-dated species level phylogeny for the carnivores using a supertree approach provides new insights into the evolutionary origin and relationships of carnivores. While the gain in biological knowledge is substantial, the supertree approach is not undisputed. I discuss the principles of supertree methods and the competitor supermatrix approaches. I argue that both methods are important to infer phylogenetic relationships.See research article http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/10/12.
authors.affiliation: Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna, Max F Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna and Medical University Vienna, Dr,-Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria. arndt.von.haeseler@univie.ac.at
authors.forename: Arndt
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Haeseler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny