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    • Evolutionary Biology
    • Phylogenetics

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    • The subtree prune-and-regraft (SPR) distance is a key metric for comparing evolutionary trees.
    • Applications include studying lateral genetic transfer, viral recombination, and phylogenetic inference.
    • Rooted SPR distances are efficiently computable using maximum agreement forest (MAF) algorithms.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To address the computational challenge of unrooted subtree prune-and-regraft (SPR) distances.
    • To develop new algorithms for computing unrooted SPR distances beyond the previous limit of 7.

    Main Methods:

    • Exploration of maximum agreement forest (MAF) formulations for unrooted trees.
    • Development of novel algorithms for unrooted SPR distance computation.

    Main Results:

    • A new MAF formulation for unrooted trees is presented.
    • The developed algorithms enable computation of unrooted SPR distances previously intractable.
    • Overcomes the limitation of previous algorithms unable to compute distances greater than 7.

    Conclusions:

    • The study introduces a breakthrough in computing unrooted SPR distances.
    • This advancement is expected to enhance phylogenetic analyses and related fields.
    • Enables more comprehensive evolutionary tree comparisons.