A supertree method for rooted trees

Abstract. The amalgamation of leaf-labelled (phylogenetic) trees on overlapping leaf sets into one (super)tree is a central problem in several areas of classification, particularly evolutionary biology. In this paper, we describe a new technique for amalgamating rooted phylogenetic trees. This appears to be the first such method to provably exhibit particular desirable properties which we list and establish.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2000
• Where: DAM
• Authors: Charles Semple, Mike A. Steel
• Keywords: Central Problem, DAM 2000, Evolutionary Biology, Phylogenetic