MULTI-OBJECTIVE APPROACHES APPLIED TO THE PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE PROBLEM

The phylogenetic inference problem consist of determining the best evolutionary relation among species.(31) There are several methods proposed in the literature which resolve the this problem using a optimality criterion which evaluates each possible solution.(11) Nevertheless, different criteria may lead to distinct phylogenies, which often conflict with each other. Moreover, other factors of phylogenetic inference may generate conflicting solutions.(26) In this context, a, multi-objective formulation can help to overcome these incongruities. In this paper, we make a review of the main multi-objective approaches for phylogenetic inference proposed in the literature.1,4,25