Molecular Phylogenetics using Bio.Phylo

Vijini Mallawaarachchi
Towards Data Science
5 min readMar 23, 2018

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Have you ever wondered how life formed from the primordial soup and evolved to the different life forms which can be seen at present? How did different species evolved from their ancestors and what relationships do they have with each other? These questions can be answered through the study of phylogenetics.

This article will walk you through the following topics.

  1. What is Phylogenetics?
  2. Phylogenetic Trees
  3. Algorithms used for Phylogenetic Inference

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