Statistical properties of pairwise distances between leaves on a random Yule tree.

A Yule tree is the result of a branching process with constant birth and death rates. Such a process serves as an instructive null model of many empirical systems, for instance, the evolution of species leading to a phylogenetic tree. However, often in phylogeny the only available information is the...

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Main Authors: Michael Sheinman, Florian Massip, Peter F Arndt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4380457?pdf=render

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