Bayes or bootstrap? A simulation study comparing the performance of Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling and bootstrapping in assessing phylogenetic confidence

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-266

  Alfaro, Michael E ^a   Zoller, Stefan ^b   Lutzoni, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo; Bootstrap; Maximum likelihood; Maximum parsimony; Phylogenetic confidence; Posterior probability; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; TAXON;

BAYES THEOREM; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037329391     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg028     Document Type: Article

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