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ArticleVirus evolution2024

On the importance of assessing topological convergence in Bayesian phylogenetic inference.

Marius Brusselmans, Luiz Max Carvalho, Samuel L Hong, Jiansi Gao, Frederick A Matsen Iv, Andrew Rambaut, Philippe Lemey, Marc A Suchard, Gytis Dudas, Guy Baele

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Article in Virus evolution, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Marius BrusselmansDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2134-1515
Luiz Max CarvalhoSchool of Applied Mathematics, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Praia de Botafogo, 190, 22250-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5736-5578
Samuel L HongDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6354-4943
Jiansi GaoComputational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, United States.
Frederick A Matsen IvHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,Seattle, Washington, United States.
Andrew RambautInstitute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4337-3707
Philippe LemeyDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2826-5353
Marc A SuchardDepartment of Biostatistics, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9818-479X
Gytis DudasInstitute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0227-4158
Guy BaeleDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1915-7732

Funding

Fast and flexible Bayesian phylogenetics via modern machine learningR01AI162611 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI MATSEN, FREDERICK ALBERT · 2021 to 2025
$3.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI162611
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modern phylogenetics research is often performed within a Bayesian framework, using sampling algorithms such as Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) to approximate the posterior distribution. These algorithms require careful evaluation of the quality of the generated samples. Within the field of phylogenetics, one frequently adopted diagnostic approach is to evaluate the

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Bayesian inferenceconvergenceEBOVeffective sample sizeHIVmixingphylodynamicsphylogeneticstopologies

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PMID39534377
PMCPMC11556345

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