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最大简约距离最优凸特征标状态数的线性界

A linear bound on the number of states in optimal convex characters for maximum parsimony distance

Olivier Boes, Mareike Fischer, Steven Kelk

摘要:

给定同一类群X上的两棵系统发育树,最大简约距离d_MP定义为在X上所有性状c范围内,由c在两棵树上引起的简约得分的绝对差的最大值。在这篇文章中,我们证明了对于二叉树,存在一个达到这个最大值的字符,它在其中一棵树上是凸的(即在该树上诱导的简约分数等于字符中的状态数减1),并且字符中的状态数至多为7d_MP - 5。这是第一个非平凡的约束所需的最佳字符,凸或其他状态的数量。结果可能具有算法意义,因为与一般字符不同,具有有限数量状态的凸字符可以在多项式时间内枚举。

英文摘要:

Given two phylogenetic trees on the same set of taxa X, the maximum parsimony distance d_MP is defined as the maximum, ranging over all characters c on X, of the absolute difference in parsimony score induced by c on the two trees. In this note we prove that for binary trees there exists a character achieving this maximum that is convex on one of the trees (i.e. the parsimony score induced on that tree is equal to the number of states in the character minus 1) and such that the number of states in the character is at most 7d_MP - 5. This is the first non-trivial bound on the number of states required by optimal characters, convex or otherwise. The result potentially has algorithmic significance because, unlike general characters, convex characters with a bounded number of states can be enumerated in polynomial time.

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