The comparison of the confidence regions in phylogeny

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2285-2296

  Shi, Xiaofei ^a   Gu, Hong ^a   Susko, Edward ^a   Field, Chris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Confidence region; Coverage; Likelihood; Test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHYLOGENY; SIMULATION; TAXON;

CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 26444466173     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi226     Document Type: Article

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