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ArticleGenome biology and evolution2016

Efficient Recycled Algorithms for Quantitative Trait Models on Phylogenies.

Gordon Hiscott, Colin Fox, Matthew Parry, David Bryant

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Article in Genome biology and evolution, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. Leveraging graphical model techniques to study evolution on phylogenetic networks.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  3. Phylogenomic comparative methods: Accurate evolutionary inferences in the presence of gene tree discordance.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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Gordon HiscottDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Colin FoxDepartment of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Matthew ParryDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
David BryantDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand david.bryant@otago.ac.nz.

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Abstract

We present an efficient and flexible method for computing likelihoods for phenotypic traits on a phylogeny. The method does not resort to Monte Carlo computation but instead blends Felsenstein's discrete character pruning algorithm with methods for numerical quadrature. It is not limited to Gaussian models and adapts readily to model uncertainty in the observed trait values. We demonstrate the framework by developing efficient algorithms for likelihood calculation and ancestral state reconstruction under Wright's threshold model, applying our methods to a data set of trait data for extrafloral nectaries across a phylogeny of 839 Fabales species.

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AlgorithmsPhylogenyFabaceaeMonte Carlo MethodPhenotypeQuantitative Trait Locicomparative methodcontinuous traitslikelihood algorithmnumerical integrationnumerical quadraturequantitative traits

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PMID27056412
PMCPMC4898791

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