Accurate model selection of relaxed molecular clocks in Bayesian phylogenetics

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 239-243

  Baele, Guy ^a   Li, Wai Lok Sibon ^b   Drummond, Alexei J ^c   Suchard, Marc A ^b,d   Lemey, Philippe ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factors; Bayesian inference; BEAST; Marginal likelihood; Model comparison; Molecular clock; Path sampling; Phylogeny; Stepping stone sampling model averaging

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877663836     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss243     Document Type: Article

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