Fundamental differences between the methods of maximum likelihood and maximum posterior probability in phylogenetics

Systematic Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-121

  Svennblad, Bodil ^a   Erixon, Per ^a   Oxelman, Bengt ^a   Britton, Tom ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Maximum likelihood method; Phylogeny; Support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 33644593859     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150500481648     Document Type: Article

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