Profile Parsimony (PP): an analysis under Implied Weights (IW)
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Faith and Trueman [Syst. Biol. (2001) 331] recently proposed ‘‘Profile Parsimony’’ (PP) as a new form of phylogenetic analysis, but it is equivalent to the Implied Weights (IW) method when certain functions are used. The PP method cannot accommodate missing ⁄ inapplicable cells and ⁄or multistate characters. Finally we demonstrate that, as defined, PP scores are not random, and 3 there is no need to generate random trees as proposed by Faith and Trueman. The Willi Hennig Society 2004.
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