Inconsistency of the neighbor-joining, least squares, and minimum evolution estimation when substitution processes are incorrectly modeled

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1629-1642

  Susko, Edward ^a   Inagaki, Yuji ^a   Roger, Andrew J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance methods; Inconsistency; Molecular evolution; Neighbor Joining; Phylogenetics; Rates across sites

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TECHNIQUE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOMETRY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 3042545431     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh159     Document Type: Article

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