Accuracy and power of the likelihood ratio test in detecting adaptive molecular evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1585-1592

  Anisimova, Maria ^a   Bielawski, Joseph P ^a   Yang, Ziheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratio test (LRT); Molecular adaptation; Nonsynonymous synonymous rate ratio; Positive selection; Type I error; Type II error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0034897709     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003945     Document Type: Article

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