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Merge pull request #263 from hyanwong/mention-genealogy
Mention the words "ancestral" and "genealogy" at the top
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# What is a tree sequence?
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A *succinct tree sequence*, or "tree sequence" for short, represents the evolutionary
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A *succinct tree sequence*, or "tree sequence" for short, represents the ancestral
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relationships between a set of DNA sequences. Tree sequences are based on fundamental
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biological principles of inheritance, DNA duplication, and recombination; they can be
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created by [simulation](https://tskit.dev/software/#simulate) or by
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[inferring relationships from empirical DNA data](https://tskit.dev/software/#infer).
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created by [evolutionary simulation](https://tskit.dev/software/#simulate) or by
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[inferring genealogies from empirical DNA data](https://tskit.dev/software/#infer).
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:::{margin} Key point
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Tree sequences are used to encode and analyse large genetic datasets

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