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Weighted compromise trees: a method to summarize competing phylogenetic hypotheses
Author(s) -
Sharkey Michael J.,
Stoelb Stephanie,
MirandaEsquivel Daniel R.,
Sharanowski Barabara J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cladistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.323
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1096-0031
pISSN - 0748-3007
DOI - 10.1111/cla.12000
Subject(s) - compromise , phylogenetic tree , bootstrapping (finance) , ambiguity , cladogram , resampling , independence (probability theory) , tree (set theory) , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , econometrics , computer science , biology , clade , combinatorics , biochemistry , gene , programming language , social science , sociology
A new consensus method for summarizing competing phylogenetic hypotheses, weighted compromise, is described. The method corrects for a bias inherent in majority‐rule consensus/compromise trees when the source trees exhibit non‐independence due to ambiguity in terminal clades. Suggestions are given for its employment in parsimony analyses and tree resampling strategies such as bootstrapping and jackknifing. An R function is described that can be used with the programming language R to produce the consensus.