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Oxford University Press (OUP), Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2(24), p. 532-538

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl180

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QNet: An Agglomerative Method for the Construction of Phylogenetic Networks from Weighted Quartets

Journal article published in 2006 by Stefan Grünewald, Kristoffer Forslund ORCID, Andreas Dress, Vincent Moulton
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

We present QNet, a method for constructing split networks from weighted quartet trees. QNet can be viewed as a quartet analogue of the distance-based Neighbor-Net (NNet) method for network construction. Just as NNet, QNet works by agglomeratively computing a collection of circular weighted splits of the taxa set which is subsequently represented by a planar split network. To illustrate the applicability of QNet, we apply it to a previously published Salmonella data set. We conclude that QNet can provide a useful alternative to NNet if distance data are not available or a character-based approach is preferred. Moreover, it can be used as an aid for determining when a quartet-based tree-building method may or may not be appropriate for a given data set. QNet is freely available for download.