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PHYLOGENY ESTIMATION AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING USING MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD

PHYLOGENY ESTIMATION AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING USING MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ▪ Abstract One of the strengths of the maximum likelihood method of phylogenetic estimation is the ease with which hypotheses can be formulated and tested. Maximum likelihood analysis of DNA and amino acid sequence data has been made practical with recent advances in models of DNA substitution, computer programs, and computational speed. Here, we describe the maximum likelihood method and the recent improvements in models of substitution. We also describe how likelihood ratio tests of a variety of biological hypotheses can be formulated and tested using computer simulation to generate the null distribution of the likelihood ratio test statistic. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics Annual Reviews

PHYLOGENY ESTIMATION AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING USING MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD

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Publisher
Annual Reviews
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 by Annual Reviews Inc. All rights reserved
Subject
Review Articles
ISSN
0066-4162
DOI
10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.28.1.437
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Abstract

▪ Abstract One of the strengths of the maximum likelihood method of phylogenetic estimation is the ease with which hypotheses can be formulated and tested. Maximum likelihood analysis of DNA and amino acid sequence data has been made practical with recent advances in models of DNA substitution, computer programs, and computational speed. Here, we describe the maximum likelihood method and the recent improvements in models of substitution. We also describe how likelihood ratio tests of a variety of biological hypotheses can be formulated and tested using computer simulation to generate the null distribution of the likelihood ratio test statistic.

Journal

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsAnnual Reviews

Published: Nov 1, 1997

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