Phylogenetics Charles Semple and Mike Steel Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, New Zealand OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSOXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxtord OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. lt furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, schol and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York ‘Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dares Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbsi Nairobi So Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto Oxford is registred trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York ‘© Oxford University Press 2003 ‘The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored ina retrieval system, or transmitted. in any form or by any means, ‘without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, ‘or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope ofthe above should he sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Pres, atthe address above ‘You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer A catalogue record for this ttle is available from the British Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Semple, Charles, Phylogenetics / Charles Semple and Mike Steel. (Oxford lecture series in mathematics and its applications; 24) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) 1, Cladistic analysis-Mathematics 2, Evolutionary genetics-Mathematics 1. Steel, M.A. IL. Title IM, Series. (QHB3 S45 2003 572.8/38/0151-de21 2002027406, ISBN 0 19 850942 | (alk. paper) ‘Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by Biddles Ltd, Guildford & King’s Lynnam gt tt Oe. Os Hare »- ont