A Simple, Fast, and Accurate Algorithm to Estimate Large Phylogenies by Maximum Likelihood

Systematic Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 696-704

  Guindon, Stéphane ^a   Gascuel, Olivier ^a  

^a LIRMM   (France)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Computer simulations; Maximum likelihood; Phylogeny; rbcL; RDPII project

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0242578620     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150390235520     Document Type: Article

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