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PHYLOGENETIC STUDY OF DAMPIERA SPECIES BY WAGNER TREE ALGORITHM
RAJPUT MTM; CAROLIN R
Abstract: The Wagner Tree algorithm was used as an aid in estimating the
phylogeny. Using 15 multistate attributes, 66 species of Dampiera were
analysed in a numerical phylogenetic study. During the construction of
the Wagner Tree or network no weighting of attributes was undertaken.
The polarity of attribute states was also not determined, except for 6
attributes in which primitive states were suggested. However, in most
cases, the attribute states were arranged in possible logical
transformation series. A diagram showing the probable phylogenetic
relationship of Dampiera species has been developed, in view of
primitive characters, found in the species. It is suggested that the
root of the phylogenetic tree is somewhere at the junction of Sect.
Dicoelia and Sect. Dampiera.
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