Phylogenetic toric varieties on graphs

Abstract

We define phylogenetic projective toric model of a trivalent graph as a generalization of a binary symmetric model of a trivalent phylogenetic tree. Generators of the pro- jective coordinate ring of the models of graphs with one cycle are explicitly described. The phylogenetic models of graphs with the same topological invariants are deforma- tion equivalent and share the same Hilbert function. We also provide an algorithm to compute the Hilbert function.