Consistency of Bayesian inference of resolved phylogenetic trees

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 336, Issue , 2013, Pages 246-249

  Steel, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian phylogenetics; Gene tree; Species tree; Statistical consistency

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; LETTER; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; GENES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884591650     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.08.012     Document Type: Letter

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