Maximum Likelihood Phylogenetic Inference is Consistent on Multiple Sequence Alignments, with or without Gaps

We prove that maximum likelihood phylogenetic inference is consistent on gapped multiple sequence alignments (MSAs) as long as substitution rates across each edge are greater than zero, under mild assumptions on the structure of the alignment. Under these assumptions, maximum likelihood will asympto...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Truszkowski, Jakub, Goldman, Nick
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748752/