On the maximum likelihood method in molecular phylogenetics

M Hasegawa; H Kishino; N Saitou

doi:10.1007/BF02101285

On the maximum likelihood method in molecular phylogenetics

J Mol Evol. 1991 May;32(5):443-5. doi: 10.1007/BF02101285.

Authors

M Hasegawa, H Kishino, N Saitou

PMID: 1904100
DOI: 10.1007/BF02101285

Abstract

The efficiency of obtaining the correct tree by the maximum likelihood method (Felsenstein 1981) for inferring trees from DNA sequence data was compared with trees obtained by distance methods. It was shown that the maximum likelihood method is superior to distance methods in the efficiency particularly when the evolutionary rate differs among lineages.

Publication types

Comment
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Computer Simulation
Genetic Techniques
Phylogeny*