Links between maximum likelihood and maximum parsimony under a simple model of site substitution

DOI10.1007/BF02459467zbMath0933.62118OpenAlexW4244797807WikidataQ29393239 ScholiaQ29393239MaRDI QIDQ1363041

Chris Tuffley, Mike A. Steel

Publication date: 29 March 2000

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02459467

zbMATH Keywords

maximum likelihoodphylogenetic treesmaximum parsimony

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Problems related to evolution (92D15)

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