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Distances in Biology

In: Encyclopedia of Distances

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  • Michel Marie Deza

    (Ecole Normale Supérieure)

  • Elena Deza

    (Moscow State Pedagogical University)

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Distances are mainly used in Biology to pursue basic classification tasks, for instance, for reconstructing the evolutionary history of organisms in the form of phylogenetic trees. In the classical approach those distances were based on comparative morphology, physiology, mating studies, paleontology and immunodiffusion. The progress of modern Molecular Biology also allowed the use of nuclear- and amino-acid sequences to estimate distances between genes, proteins, genomes, organisms, species, etc.

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  • Michel Marie Deza & Elena Deza, 2014. "Distances in Biology," Springer Books, in: Encyclopedia of Distances, edition 3, chapter 0, pages 431-485, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-662-44342-2_23
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-44342-2_23
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