Model selection may not be a mandatory step for phylogeny reconstruction

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.

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Main Authors: Shiran Abadi, Dana Azouri, Tal Pupko, Itay Mayrose
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/76edfed62ce243b38a23530f89ff5f8c
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