Performance of criteria for selecting evolutionary models in phylogenetics: a comprehensive study based on simulated datasets

• Published in: BMC evolutionary biology Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 242
• Main Authors: Luo, Arong, Qiao, Huijie, Zhang, Yanzhou, Shi, Weifeng, Ho, Simon YW, Xu, Weijun, Zhang, Aibing, Zhu, Chaodong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 09.08.2010; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adequacy; Bayes Theorem; Bayesian analysis; Computer Simulation; Criteria; Datasets; Decision theory; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Likelihood Functions; Mathematical models; Model testing; Models, Genetic; Nucleotide sequence; Nucleotides; Phylogenetic trees; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Simulation; Statistical inference; China

Explicit evolutionary models are required in maximum-likelihood and Bayesian inference, the two methods that are overwhelmingly used in phylogenetic studies of DNA sequence data. Appropriate selection of nucleotide substitution models is important because the use of incorrect models can mislead phyl...