neighbor-joining method

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gptkbp:instanceOf phylogenetic tree construction method
gptkbp:advantage computationally efficient
can handle large datasets
gptkbp:citation highly cited
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Masatoshi_Nei
Naruya Saitou
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label neighbor-joining method
gptkbp:inputDataType distance matrix
gptkbp:introducedIn 1987
gptkbp:limitation assumes additivity of distances
may not always produce the true tree
gptkbp:output unrooted tree
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Molecular_Biology_and_Evolution
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:UPGMA
minimum evolution method
gptkbp:supportsAlgorithm distance-based
gptkbp:usedFor molecular evolution studies
inferring phylogenetic trees
gptkbp:usedIn evolutionary biology
bioinformatics
systematics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fitch–Margoliash_method
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7