On the existence of funneled orientations for classes of rooted phylogenetic networks

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author Döcker, Janosch
Linz, Simone
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Linz, Simone
contents Recently, there has been a growing interest in the relationships between unrooted and rooted phylogenetic networks. In this context, a natural question to ask is if an unrooted phylogenetic network U can be oriented as a rooted phylogenetic network such that the latter satisfies certain structural properties. In a recent preprint, Bulteau et al. claim that it is computational hard to decide if U has a funneled (resp. funneled tree-child) orientation, for when the internal vertices of U have degree at most 5. Unfortunately, the proof of their funneled tree-child result appears to be incorrect. In this paper, we present a corrected proof and show that hardness remains for other popular classes of rooted phylogenetic networks such as funneled normal and funneled reticulation-visible. Additionally, our results hold regardless of whether U is rooted at an existing vertex or by subdividing an edge with the root.
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spellingShingle On the existence of funneled orientations for classes of rooted phylogenetic networks
Döcker, Janosch
Linz, Simone
Populations and Evolution
Computational Complexity
Data Structures and Algorithms
Recently, there has been a growing interest in the relationships between unrooted and rooted phylogenetic networks. In this context, a natural question to ask is if an unrooted phylogenetic network U can be oriented as a rooted phylogenetic network such that the latter satisfies certain structural properties. In a recent preprint, Bulteau et al. claim that it is computational hard to decide if U has a funneled (resp. funneled tree-child) orientation, for when the internal vertices of U have degree at most 5. Unfortunately, the proof of their funneled tree-child result appears to be incorrect. In this paper, we present a corrected proof and show that hardness remains for other popular classes of rooted phylogenetic networks such as funneled normal and funneled reticulation-visible. Additionally, our results hold regardless of whether U is rooted at an existing vertex or by subdividing an edge with the root.
title On the existence of funneled orientations for classes of rooted phylogenetic networks
topic Populations and Evolution
Computational Complexity
Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05611