Maximum likelihood phylogenetic estimation from DNA sequences with variable rates over sites: Approximate methods

1994/09/01 by Ziheng Yang · 3,132 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · #Algorithm #Biology #Combinatorics #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Genetic diversity and population structure #Genetics #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Mathematics #Maximum likelihood #Pairwise comparison #Phylogenetic tree #Statistics #Tree (set theory) #Variable (mathematics)

paper · doi:10.1007/bf00160154

published in Journal of Molecular Evolution 39(3), 306-314 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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