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⟩ What is the main idea of maximum parsimony in phylogenetic tree construction? What are the drawbacks?

The Maximum Parsimony (MP) problem aims at reconstructing a

phylogenetic tree from DNA sequences while minimizing the

number of genetic transformations. To solve this NP-

complete problem, heuristic methods have been developed,

often based on local search. In this paper, we focus on the

influence of the neighborhood relations

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