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The Contest Between Parsimony and Likelihood.
- Source :
- Systematic Biology; Aug2004, Vol. 53 Issue 4, p644-653, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Compares maximum likelihood (ML) and maximum parsimony (MP), the methods that biologists use to solve a classic phylogenetic inference problem. Objections made against ML and MP; Applications of ML and MP; Statistical philosophies that provide guidance concerning how nuisance parameters should be handled; Strategies for handling nuisance parameters; Assumptions of parsimony about the evolutionary process.
- Subjects :
- PHYLOGENY
BIOLOGY
STATISTICS
BIOLOGISTS
BIOLOGICAL evolution
LIFE sciences
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10635157
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Systematic Biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14352054
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150490468657