Preferred Name

Ancestral reconstruction

Synonyms

Character optimisation

Character mapping

Ancestral sequence reconstruction

Definitions

The extrapolation of empirical characteristics of individuals or populations, backwards in time, to their common ancestors. Ancestral reconstruction is often used to recover possible ancestral character states of ancient, extinct organisms.

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http://edamontology.org/operation_3745

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Ancestral reconstruction is often used to recover possible ancestral character states of ancient, extinct organisms.

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1.15

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The extrapolation of empirical characteristics of individuals or populations, backwards in time, to their common ancestors.

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Character optimisation

Character mapping

Ancestral sequence reconstruction

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Ancestral reconstruction

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operation_3745

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Ancestral reconstruction

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http://edamontology.org/operation_0324

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