Phylogenetic Networks with Multiple Roots
Presenter
September 18, 2024
Abstract
One of the defining properties of a (rooted) phylogenetic network is that it has a unique root. For some biological processes such as introgression between lineages where it is important to preserve lineage information, this uniqueness of the root can make a phylogenetic network too restrictive a model to appropriately account for such processes. In the form of a forest-based network and an aboreal network, this has recently led to the introduction of a multiple rooted network to represent molecular evolution. In this talk, we will first introduce these types of networks and then present some novel results for them.