Statistical tests of gamma-distributed rate heterogeneity in models of sequence evolution in phylogenetics [1]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 975-978

  Goldman, Nick ^a,b   Whelan, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma distribution; Likelihood ratio tests; Maximum likelihood; Model comparison; Molecular evolution; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034079389     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026378     Document Type: Letter

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