Bayesian Analysis Using a Simple Likelihood Model Outperforms Parsimony for Estimation of Phylogeny from Discrete Morphological Data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Wright, April M ^a   Hillis, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; MODEL; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDY; EVOLUTION;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84937538097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109210     Document Type: Article

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