Covariance of maximum likelihood evolutionary distances between sequences aligned pairwise

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The estimation of a distance between two biological sequences is a fundamental process in molecular evolution. It is usually performed by maximum likelihood (ML) on characters aligned either pairwise or jointly in a multiple sequence...

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Main Authors: Dessimoz Christophe, Gil Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/179