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We give a simple derivation for the Jukes-Cantor transformation. The importance of the transformation with respect to distance-based tree constructing methods is demonstrated. We show that it is not justified to expect that the transformation improves the additivity of the estimated distance if non-additivity is measured by the degree of violation of the equation in the four-point condition. Finally, some effects of model violation are discussed.
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Vach, W. (1992). The Jukes-Cantor Transformation and Additivity of Estimated Genetic Distances. In: Schader, M. (eds) Analyzing and Modeling Data and Knowledge. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46757-8_15
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