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Slicing Hyperdimensional Oranges: The Geometry of Phylogenetic Estimation

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Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
264 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
1055-7903

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โœฆ Synopsis

A new view of phylogenetic estimation is presented where data sets, tree evolution models, and estimation methods are placed in a common geometric framework. Each of these objects is placed in a vector space where the character patterns are the basis vectors. This viewpoint allows intuitive understanding of various complex properties of the phylogenetic estimation problem structure. This is illustrated with examples discussing data set combinations, mixture models, consistency, and phylogenetic invariants.

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