The Identifiability of Tree Topology for Phylogenetic Models, Including Covarion and Mixture Models

For a model of molecular evolution to be useful for phylogenetic inference, the topology of evolutionary trees must be identifiable. That is, from a joint distribution the model predicts, it must be possible to recover the tree parameter. We establish tree identifiability for a number of phylogenetic models, including a covarion model and a variety of mixture models

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: JCB
• Authors: Elizabeth S. Allman, John A. Rhodes
• Keywords: JCB 2006, Model, Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetic Inference