Reconstructing evolution : new mathematical and computational advances

Introduction List of Contributors I EVOLUTION IN POPULATIONS 1. Trees of genes in populations 2. The evolutionary analysis of measurably evolving populations using serially sampled gene sequences II MODELS OF SEQUENCE EVOLUTION 3. Modelling the variability of evolutionary processes 4. Phylogenetic invariants III TREE SHAPE, SPECIATION AND EXTINCTION 5. Some models of phylogenetic tree shape 6. Phylogenetic diversity: from combinatorics to ecology IV TREES FROM SUBTREES AND CHARACTERS 7. Fragmentation of large data sets in phylogenetic analyses 8. Identifying and defining trees V FROM TREES TO NETWORKS 9. Split networks and reticulate networks 10. Hybridization networks Index