A maximum pseudo-likelihood approach for estimating species trees under the coalescent model

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Several phylogenetic approaches have been developed to estimate species trees from collections of gene trees. However, maximum likelihood approaches for estimating species trees under the coalescent model are limited. Although the li...

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Main Authors: Edwards Scott V, Yu Lili, Liu Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/302