An Approximate Maximum Likelihood Approach, Applied to Phylogenetic Trees

Journal of Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 737-749

  Jönsson, Henrik ^a   Söderberg, Bo ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood; Mean field; Phylogeny; Variational

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCE; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VARIANCE;

ANIMALS; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0242523717     PISSN: 10665277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/106652703322539060     Document Type: Review

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