On the maximum likelihood method in molecular phylogenetics

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 1991 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Journal of Molecular Evolution, volume 32, pages 443-445 (issn: 0022-2844, eissn: 1432-1432,

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Authors: M, Hasegawa; H, Kishino; N, Saitou;

doi: 10.1007/bf02101285

pmid: 1904100

On the maximum likelihood method in molecular phylogenetics

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Abstract

The efficiency of obtaining the correct tree by the maximum likelihood method (Felsenstein 1981) for inferring trees from DNA sequence data was compared with trees obtained by distance methods. It was shown that the maximum likelihood method is superior to distance methods in the efficiency particularly when the evolutionary rate differs among lineages.

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Keywords

Genetic Techniques, Computer Simulation, Phylogeny

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