Branch length heterogeneity leads to nonindependent branch length estimates and can decrease the efficiency of methods of phylogenetic inference

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 392-405

  Lyons Weiler, James ^a   Takahashi, Kei ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch length estimation; Branch length heterogeneity; Maximum likelihood; Minimum evolution; Phylogenetic inference; Taxon sampling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PHYLOGENY; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0032877252     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006563     Document Type: Article

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