Approximate likelihood calculation on a phylogeny for Bayesian Estimation of Divergence Times

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2161-2172

  Reis, Mario Dos ^a   Yang, Ziheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayesian method; divergence time; likelihood function; MCMC; molecular clock

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

EID: 79959462209     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr045     Document Type: Article

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