Implementing and testing the multispecies coalescent model: A valuable paradigm for phylogenomics

• Published in: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 94; no. Pt A; pp. 447 - 462
• Main Authors: Edwards, Scott V., Xi, Zhenxiang, Janke, Axel, Faircloth, Brant C., McCormack, John E., Glenn, Travis C., Zhong, Bojian, Wu, Shaoyuan, Lemmon, Emily Moriarty, Lemmon, Alan R., Leaché, Adam D., Liu, Liang, Davis, Charles C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Amborella; Animals; chromosomes; Computer Simulation; data collection; Evolution, Molecular; exons; Genetic Speciation; Genomics - methods; Magnoliopsida - classification; Magnoliopsida - genetics; mammals; Mammals - classification; Mammals - genetics; Models, Genetic; Phylogeny; Recombination, Genetic; rooting; transcriptome

In recent articles published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Mark Springer and John Gatesy (S&G) present numerous criticisms of recent implementations and testing of the multispecies coalescent (MSC) model in phylogenomics, popularly known as “species tree” methods. After pointing out...