Open AccessRobust information from phylogenetic trees?
Author(s) -
Carl Boettiger
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nature precedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1756-0357
DOI - 10.1038/npre.2010.4614.1
Subject(s) - phylogenetic tree , phylogenetics , computer science , process (computing) , evolutionary biology , data science , biology , biochemistry , gene , operating system
Traditional information criteria approaches can lead to misleading model choice in comparative phylogenetics. I present both these weaknesses and a more robust comparison by likelihood ratio. I then discuss a new class of models to capture the transition process between evolutionary regimes
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