**Phylogenetic for Taxonomy, Reticulated Evolution and Conservation Biology**

data have shifted phylogenetics studies to new levels that are helping to solve many uncer‐

In this *Phylogenetics* book, therefore, we aimed to present readers the latest advances in phy‐ logenetics studies. Toward this goal, we succeeded to compile six chapters with a broad cov‐ erage of phylogenetics topics that include multi-kingdom system-based megasystimatics, new phylogenetic approaches for conservation biology, cytogenetics-based comparative phylogeny, phylogenetics of complex polyploidy genomes with reticulated evolution, meta‐ genomics-based phylogenetics of faecal microbiomes of pack animals, and whole genome-

Although not all classical and modern phylogenetics topics, existing analyses tools and per‐ spective directions are covered by this edited volume, chapters do represent and re-visit some past and current highlights of phylogenetics research, which I believe will be interesting and an additional reading resource for scientists, students and readers of life science direction.

I thank all authors of the book chapters for their valuable contributions. I also thank the In‐ TechOpen book department for giving me the opportunity to work on this book project, and Ms. Diana Olloni, InTechOpen's Publishing Process Manager, for her coordination of this

"*In a memory of the First President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, and my former advisor at Texas A&M University, Emeritus ProfessorKaml El-Zik - two great men with my untellable affection and gratitude for supporting my education and inspiring me to believe that I was capable of becoming a*

**Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov**

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan,

tainty cases in the 'Tree of Life.'

book project.

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**Dedication**

*scientist* ."

based phylogeny tools for prokaryotic organisms.
