%0 Journal Article %1 fitch1971 %A Fitch, Walter M. %D 1971 %I Taylor & Francis, Ltd. for the Society of Systematic Biologists %J Systematic Zoology %K imported %N 4 %P pp. 406-416 %T Toward Defining the Course of Evolution: Minimum Change for a Specific Tree Topology %U http://www.jstor.org/stable/2412116 %V 20 %X A method is presented that is asserted to provide all hypothetical ancestral character states that are consistent with describing the descent of the present-day character states in a minimum number of changes of state using a predetermined phylogenetic relationship among the taxa represented. The character states used as examples are the four messenger RNA nucleotides encoding the amino acid sequences of proteins, but the method is general.

@article{fitch1971, __markedentry = {[psaraiva:1]}, abstract = {A method is presented that is asserted to provide all hypothetical ancestral character states that are consistent with describing the descent of the present-day character states in a minimum number of changes of state using a predetermined phylogenetic relationship among the taxa represented. The character states used as examples are the four messenger RNA nucleotides encoding the amino acid sequences of proteins, but the method is general.}, added-at = {2012-01-04T14:44:33.000+0100}, author = {Fitch, Walter M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/259d91df5c7a6baef05184dfd1f9bcb20/psaraiva}, copyright = {Copyright © 1971 Society of Systematic Biologists}, interhash = {93ef59c99029500b71f6d19bfd0ad0a5}, intrahash = {59d91df5c7a6baef05184dfd1f9bcb20}, issn = {00397989}, journal = {Systematic Zoology}, jstor_articletype = {research-article}, jstor_formatteddate = {Dec., 1971}, keywords = {imported}, language = {english}, number = 4, owner = {psaraiva}, pages = {pp. 406-416}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis, Ltd. for the Society of Systematic Biologists}, timestamp = {2012-01-04T14:44:34.000+0100}, title = {Toward Defining the Course of Evolution: Minimum Change for a Specific Tree Topology}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2412116}, volume = 20, year = 1971 }