Evaluation of phylogenetic reconstruction methods using bacterial whole genomes: a simulation based study [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Background: Phylogenetic reconstruction is a necessary first step in many analyses which use whole genome sequence data from bacterial populations. There are many available methods to infer phylogenies, and these have various advantages and disadvantages, but few unbiased comparisons of the range of...

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Main Authors: John A. Lees, Michelle Kendall, Julian Parkhill, Caroline Colijn, Stephen D. Bentley, Simon R. Harris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2018-03-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/3-33/v1