Poor Fit to the Multispecies Coalescent is Widely Detectable in Empirical Data

• Published in: Systematic biology Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 322 - 333
• Main Authors: Reid, Noah M., Hird, Sarah M., Brown, Jeremy M., Pelletier, Tara A., McVay, John D., Satler, Jordan D., Carstens, Bryan C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Bayesian analysis; Biological taxonomies; Classification; Computer Simulation - standards; Data analysis; Datasets; Estimating techniques; Eukaryota - classification; Eukaryota - genetics; Experimental data; Genealogy; Genetic hybridization; Genetic loci; Inference; Modeling; Models, Biological; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Simulation; SOCIETY OF SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGISTS SYMPOSIUM ARTICLES; Systematic biology; Topology

Model checking is a critical part of Bayesian data analysis, yet it remains largely unused in systematic studies. Phylogeny estimation has recently moved into an era of increasingly complex models that simultaneously account for multiple evolutionary processes, the statistical fit of these models to...