2 papers
math.PR2011
Distribution of branch lengths and phylogenetic diversity under homogeneous speciation models
Tanja Stadler, Mike Steel
The constant rate birth--death process is a popular null model for speciation and extinction. If one removes extinct and non-sampled lineages, this process induces `reconstructed t…
q-bio.PE2010★ 3 cited
Branch lengths on Yule trees and the expected loss of phylogenetic diversity
Arne Mooers, Olivier Gascuel, Tanja Stadler +2
Diversification is nested, and early models suggested this could lead to a great deal of evolutionary redundancy in the Tree of Life. This result is based on a particular set of br…