ArticleMolecular biology and evolution2026
Phylodynamics of Somatic Evolution: A Likelihood-Based Approach for Cellular Reproduction.
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- LeafRank: A phylodynamic framework for inferring relative fitness from single-cell phylogenies in chromosomally unstable tumors.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Inheritance entropy: A model-independent method to probe the hereditary structure of cell lineage trees.PRX life · 2026Article
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Understanding the evolutionary dynamics of cell populations requires models that link observed phylogenetic patterns to the underlying processes of cell division, death, and mutation. Classical phylodynamic inference methods-developed primarily for macroevolutionary settings-assume that mutations accrue in calendar time and often rely on a molecular clock. Here, we introduce a framework that ties mutations to discrete birth (division) events. In this setting, mutations accumulate via a compound Poisson process, capturing both visible and hidden cell divisions within the reconstructed phylogenetic tree. We present a computationally efficient dynamic programming algorithm to compute the likelihood based on tree topologies with associated mutations, integrating over latent variables such as branch durations and unobserved cell divisions. Our method is applicable to large-scale single-cell datasets, and we demonstrate its utility on simulated data and on single-cell phylogenies of hematopoietic stem cells.
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