Creating a Phylogenetic Tree from DNA Sequences

In the video, Dr. Sarah Tishkoff discusses one method of creating a phylogenetic tree. (51 seconds)

Dr. Sarah Tishkoff discusses one method of creating a phylogenetic tree. (51 seconds)

• There are several different ways to create a phylogenetic tree.
• One method finds the two most similar (and therefore likely to be most closely related) sequences in an alignment and then works backwards to find less closely related sequences.