Derrick Zwickl

Derrick Zwickl

Dr. Derrick Zwickl is a researcher in the field of phylogenetics. He is the author of GARLI a freely available, software package that infers phylogenetic trees for molecular sequences using the maximum likelihood criterion. GARLI is one of the fastest programs available for this problem.

He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at [http://www.nescent.org/main/index.php NESCent] (the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center) in Durham, North Carolina.He received his PhD from the University of Texas, where he worked with David Hillis.

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  • Phylogenetics — In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: phyle/phylon (φυλή/φῦλον) tribe, race and genetikos (γενετικός) relative to birth from genesis (γένεσις ) birth ) is the study of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms (e.g., species,… …   Wikipedia

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