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ArticleJournal of mathematical biology2021

On asymptotic joint distributions of cherries and pitchforks for random phylogenetic trees.

Kwok Pui Choi, Gursharn Kaur, Taoyang Wu

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Kwok Pui ChoiDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, and the Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117546, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-2373-1773
Gursharn KaurDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, and the Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117546, Republic of Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-0900-0600
Taoyang WuSchool of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK. taoyang.wu@uea.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2663-2001

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Abstract

Tree shape statistics provide valuable quantitative insights into evolutionary mechanisms underpinning phylogenetic trees, a commonly used graph representation of evolutionary relationships among taxonomic units ranging from viruses to species. We study two subtree counting statistics, the number of cherries and the number of pitchforks, for random phylogenetic trees generated by two widely used null tree models: the proportional to distinguishable arrangements (PDA) and the Yule-Harding-Kingman (YHK) models. By developing limit theorems for a version of extended Pólya urn models in which negative entries are permitted for their replacement matrices, we deduce the strong laws of large numbers and the central limit theorems for the joint distributions of these two counting statistics for the PDA and the YHK models. Our results indicate that the limiting behaviour of these two statistics, when appropriately scaled using the number of leaves in the underlying trees, is independent of the initial tree used in the tree generating process.

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Biological EvolutionPlant LeavesModels, GeneticPhylogenyJoint subtree distributionsLimit distributionsPDA modelPólya urn modelTree shapeYule-Harding-Kingman model

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PMID34554333
PMCPMC8460594

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