Model selection may not be a mandatory step for phylogeny reconstruction

oleh: Shiran Abadi, Dana Azouri, Tal Pupko, Itay Mayrose

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-02-01

Deskripsi

Model selection is a time-intensive step of molecular phylogenetic analysis. Here, Abadi, Azouri and colleagues show that all model selection criteria lead to similar inferences, and that for topology and ancestral sequence reconstruction, using the GTR+I+G model is as accurate.