
Statistics Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
2012
Publication Source
The Annals of Applied Probability
Volume
22
Issue
6
Start Page
2429
Last Page
2459
DOI
10.1214/11-AAP837
Abstract
The reconstruction of phylogenies from DNA or protein sequences is a major task of computational evolutionary biology. Common phenomena, notably variations in mutation rates across genomes and incongruences between gene lineage histories, often make it necessary to model molecular data as originating from a mixture of phylogenies. Such mixed models play an increasingly important role in practice.
Using concentration of measure techniques, we show that mixtures of large trees are typically identifiable. We also derive sequence-length requirements for high-probability reconstruction.
Keywords
phylogenetic reconstruction, random trees, concentration of measure
Recommended Citation
Mossel, E., & Roch, S. (2012). Phylogenetic Mixtures: Concentration of Measure in the Large-Tree Limit. The Annals of Applied Probability, 22 (6), 2429-2459. http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/11-AAP837
Date Posted: 27 November 2017
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