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The phylogenetic Kantorovich-Rubinstein metric for environmental sequence samples
Steven N. Evans, Frederick A. Matsen
Using modern technology, it is now common to survey microbial communities by sequencing DNA or RNA extracted in bulk from a given environment. Comparative methods are needed that i…
pplacer: linear time maximum-likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic placement of sequences onto a fixed reference tree
Frederick A Matsen, Robin B Kodner, E Virginia Armbrust
Likelihood-based phylogenetic inference is generally considered to be the most reliable classification method for unknown sequences. However, traditional likelihood-based phylogene…
Polyhedral geometry of Phylogenetic Rogue Taxa
María Angélica Cueto, Frederick A. Matsen
It is well known among phylogeneticists that adding an extra taxon (e.g. species) to a data set can alter the structure of the optimal phylogenetic tree in surprising ways. However…