Choosing among partition models in Bayesian phylogenetics

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 523-532

  Fan, Yu ^a   Wu, Rui ^a   Chen, Ming Hui ^a   Kuo, Lynn ^a   Lewis, Paul O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; harmonic mean method; marginal likelihood; partitioning; phylogenetics; stepping stone method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EMPIRICISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 78650500247     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq224     Document Type: Article

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