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What is a phylogenetic tree?

What is a phylogenetic tree? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (biology) A branching diagram illustrating evolutionary relationships among biological organisms or other entities known to share a common ancestor.
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Typically, the pattern of differences is represented as a phylogenetic tree, or genealogy-the Tree of Life.
When constructing a phylogenetic tree for HIV forensic analysis, it is vital that the tree is as unbiased as possible.
However, many viruses readily recombine, which implies that no single phylogenetic tree describes the genealogy of the sampled sequences.
Gibbons were the first group to branch off the phylogenetic tree that would eventually lead to the evolution of large primates.
In this simple phylogenetic tree, you can see how different viruses are related to each other.
The Egyptian vaccinal BHV-1 was grouped with BHV-1.1 in a distinct branch of the phylogenetic tree.

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