Bayesian phylogenetics : methods, algorithms, and applications /

Offering a rich diversity of models, Bayesian phylogenetics allows evolutionary biologists, systematists, ecologists, and epidemiologists to obtain answers to very detailed phylogenetic questions. Suitable for graduate-level researchers in statistics and biology, Bayesian Phylogenetics: Methods, Alg...

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Other Authors: Chen, Ming-Hui, 1961- (Editor), Kuo, Lynn, 1949- (Editor), Lewis, Paul O., 1961- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, [2014]
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781466500822
1466500824
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Bayesian phylogenetics: methods, computational algorithms, and applications; Chapter 2: Priors in Bayesian phylogenetics; Chapter 3: Inated density ratio (IDR) method for estimating marginal likelihoods in Bayesian phylogenetics; Chapter 4: Bayesian model selection in phylogenetics and genealogy-based population genetics; Chapter 5: Variable tree topology stepping-stone marginal likelihood estimation; Chapter 6: Consistency of marginal likelihood estimation when topology varies.
  • Chapter 7: Bayesian phylogeny analysisChapter 8: SMC (sequential Monte Carlo) for Bayesian phylogenetics; Chapter 9: Population model comparison using multi-locus datasets; Chapter 10: Bayesian methods in the presence of recombination; Chapter 11: Bayesian nonparametric phylodynamics; Chapter 12: Sampling and summary statistics of endpoint-conditioned paths in DNA sequence evolution; Chapter 13: Bayesian inference of species divergence times; Bibliography; Back Cover.