Applications and Algorithms for Inference of Huge Phylogenetic Trees: a Review

Abstract

Phylogenetics enables us to use various techniques to extract evolutionary relationships from sequence analysis. Most of the phylogenetic analysis techniques produce phylogenetic trees that represent relationship between any set of species or their evolutionary history. This article presents a comprehensive survey of the applications and the algorithms for inference of huge phylogenetic trees and also gives the reader an overview of the methods currently employed for the inference of phylogenetic trees. A comprehensive comparison of the methods and algorithms is presented in this paper.