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AIMS Genetics, 2018, 5(4): 212-223. doi: 10.3934/genet.2018.4.212.
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Starless bias and parameter-estimation bias in the likelihood-based phylogenetic method
1 Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, K1N 6N5
2 Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Ottawa, Canada, K1H 8M5
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Keywords: maximum likelihood; molecular phylogenetics; rate heterogeneity; starless; star-tree paradox
Citation: Xuhua Xia. Starless bias and parameter-estimation bias in the likelihood-based phylogenetic method. AIMS Genetics, 2018, 5(4): 212-223. doi: 10.3934/genet.2018.4.212
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