Ancestral reconstruction
http://edamontology.org/operation_3745
The extrapolation of empirical characteristics of individuals or populations, backwards in time, to their common ancestors.
Synonyms: Character optimisation, Character mapping, Ancestral sequence reconstruction
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Ancestral reconstruction is often used to recover possible ancestral character states of ancient, extinct organisms.