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Phylogenetic complexity of the Kimura 3-parameter model

Combinatorics 2017-04-11 v1 Commutative Algebra Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

In algebraic statistics, the Kimura 3-parameter model is one of the most interesting and classical phylogenetic models. We prove that the ideals associated to this model are generated in degree four, confirming a conjecture by Sturmfels and Sullivant.

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@article{arxiv.1704.02584,
  title  = {Phylogenetic complexity of the Kimura 3-parameter model},
  author = {Mateusz Michałek and Emanuele Ventura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.02584},
  year   = {2017}
}

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32 pp

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