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# What is a tree sequence?

A *succinct tree sequence*, or "tree sequence" for short, represents the evolutionary
A *succinct tree sequence*, or "tree sequence" for short, represents the ancestral
relationships between a set of DNA sequences. Tree sequences are based on fundamental
biological principles of inheritance, DNA duplication, and recombination; they can be
created by [simulation](https://tskit.dev/software/#simulate) or by
[inferring relationships from empirical DNA data](https://tskit.dev/software/#infer).
created by [evolutionary simulation](https://tskit.dev/software/#simulate) or by
[inferring genealogies from empirical DNA data](https://tskit.dev/software/#infer).

:::{margin} Key point
Tree sequences are used to encode and analyse large genetic datasets
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