Book Review: Dynamic Homology and Phylogenetic Systematics: A Unified Approach Using POY
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Dynamic Homology and Phylogenetic Systematics: A Unified Approach Using POY is a hybrid book: half algorithmic discussion and half reference manual for the cladogram search program POY. The first half of the book is dedicated to background and the algorithms that are used in POY. The second half details installation instructions for multiple platforms, suggested search techniques and over 250 commands. It stands as one of the most complete user’s manuals that exists for phylogenetic software.
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