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An analytical comparison of coalescent-based multilocus methods: The three-taxon case

Probability 2012-07-18 v1 Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science Data Structures and Algorithms Statistics Theory Populations and Evolution Statistics Theory

Abstract

Incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) is a common source of gene tree incongruence in multilocus analyses. A large number of methods have been developed to infer species trees in the presence of ILS. Here we provide a mathematical analysis of several coalescent-based methods. Our analysis is performed on a three-taxon species tree and assumes that the gene trees are correctly reconstructed along with their branch lengths.

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@article{arxiv.1207.4074,
  title  = {An analytical comparison of coalescent-based multilocus methods: The three-taxon case},
  author = {Sebastien Roch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.4074},
  year   = {2012}
}