Multiple maxima of likelihood in phylogenetic trees: An analytic approach

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1529-1541

  Chor, Benny ^a   Hendy, Michael D ^a   Holland, Barbara R ^a   Penny, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hadamard conjugation; Likelihood surface; Maximum likelihood; Multiple optima; Phylogenetic trees

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE SEQUENCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; TECHNIQUE; TREE;

EID: 0033795444     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026252     Document Type: Article

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