Topological Bias in Distance-Based Phylogenetic Methods: Problems with Over- and Underestimated Genetic Distances
I show several types of topological biases in distance-based methods that use the least-squares method to evaluate branch lengths and the minimum evolution (ME) or the Fitch-Margoliash (FM) criterion to choose the best tree. For a 6-species tree, there are two tree shapes, one with three cherries (a...
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| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2006-01-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Bioinformatics |
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| Online Access: | http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=124 |