predicts a set of pairwise distances among species. He also developed the Fitch maximum parsimony algorithm, which evaluates rapidly and exactly the minimum number of changes of state of a sequence on a given phylogeny. His definition of orthologous sequences has been frequently cited and is used as a reference in many research publications.

Selected publications

* Fitch, W. M. and E. Margoliash. (1967). Construction of phylogenetic trees.

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