The journal club is returning this semester, and for our first meeting Bruno de Medeiros will lead the discussion on the following paper:
Ogilvie, H.A., Heled, J., Xie, D. & Drummond, A.J. 2016. Computational Performance and Statistical Accuracy of *BEAST and Comparisons with Other Methods. Syst. Biol. syv118.
It is generally acknowledged that the coalescent model implement in *BEAST should behave better than alternatives under gene tree/species tree conflict caused by incomplete lineage sorting. At the same time, it is not used in many cases due to its computational complexity. I chose this paper because it evaluates the limits of the method and tries to test its accuracy for datasets of different sizes. It should be useful for us to decide when it is worth to use *BEAST.
We will meet on the MCZ labs 4th floor seminar room this Friday Feb 19 12-1 pm. Snacks and coffee will be provided.
Ogilvie, H.A., Heled, J., Xie, D. & Drummond, A.J. 2016. Computational Performance and Statistical Accuracy of *BEAST and Comparisons with Other Methods. Syst. Biol. syv118.
It is generally acknowledged that the coalescent model implement in *BEAST should behave better than alternatives under gene tree/species tree conflict caused by incomplete lineage sorting. At the same time, it is not used in many cases due to its computational complexity. I chose this paper because it evaluates the limits of the method and tries to test its accuracy for datasets of different sizes. It should be useful for us to decide when it is worth to use *BEAST.
We will meet on the MCZ labs 4th floor seminar room this Friday Feb 19 12-1 pm. Snacks and coffee will be provided.
Ogilvie et al. 2016 |