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Genomes -- Organelle genomes and endosymbionts -- Sequencing techniques -- Sequencing strategies -- Assembly and data quality -- Alignment and mapping -- Finding genres -- Phylogenetic analyses -- Sources of error and incongruence in phylogenomic analyses -- Rare genomic changes.

This unique textbook provides a clear and concise overview of the key principles of the complex field of phylogenomics, with a particular focus on sequencing technologies that are crucial to studying and understanding interrelations in evolutionary genomics. It includes chapters dedicated to the analysis of nucleotide sequences using assembling and alignment methods and also discusses the main strategies for phylogenetic studies, systematic errors and their correction. This highly readable textbook is intended for graduate students and young researchers with an interest in phylogenetics and evolutionary developmental biology.