Mutation: A graphical view

Abstract

Graph theory is a branch of Mathematics that has its application in almost all areas of studies. Phylogenetic
analysis deals with the study of evolutionary history of organisms. The concepts of graph theory can be applied
to biology to get new insight into the topics.
Mutation is a change in the nucleotide sequence of a short region of a genome. If genomes evolve by gradual
mutations, then the difference in nucleotide sequence between a pair of genomes indicates how recently they
share a common ancestor. By comparing genomes, it is possible to work out the evolutionary relationship
between them. Molecular phylogenetics deals with it. In the 1980s DNA based phylogenetic began to be used
on a large scale. This work deals with the graphical analysis of some topics related to the concept of Mutation.
The graphical view of the concepts enables the study of Mutation which in turn help to study various evolution
events from Directed Graphs. The study can be extended to other graphs also.