Multiple local maxima for likelihoods of phylogenetic trees: A simulation study

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1079-1085

  Rogers, James S ^a   Swofford, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood; Multiple local maxima; Nucleotide sequences; Phylogenetic trees; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SIMULATION;

EID: 0032766033     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026197     Document Type: Article

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