Université de Fribourg

Taxon Sampling and the optimal rates of evolution for phylogenetic inference

Townsend, Jeffrey P. ; Leuenberger, Christoph

In: Systematic Biology, 2011, vol. 60, no. 3, p. 358-365

Optimal rates of evolution and the informativeness of characters for phylogenetic inference have received increasing attention as the effort to distinguish phylogenetic signal and noise from large data sets intensifies. Ascertaining optimal rates for character evolution and predicting sequences featuring high phylogenetic utility are challenging tasks for which little theory has been...