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pplacer: linear time maximum-likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic placement of sequences onto a fixed reference tree
BMC Bioinformatics · 2010 · Vol. 11(1) · pp. 538–538
F. A. Matsen✉(Fred Hutch Cancer Center)Robin B. Kodner(University of Washington)E. Virginia Armbrust(University of Washington)
Abstract
Pplacer enables efficient phylogenetic placement and subsequent visualization, making likelihood-based phylogenetics methodology practical for large collections of reads; it is freely available as source code, binaries, and a web service.
Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesEvolution and Paleontology StudiesSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangePhylogenetic treeTree (set theory)Computer scienceBayesian probabilityInferencePosterior probabilityAlgorithmData miningStatisticsArtificial intelligence
MeSH terms
Base SequenceBayes TheoremPhylogenySoftwareLikelihood FunctionsSequence AlignmentComputational Biology
Funding
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Adolph C. and Mary Sprague Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California Berkeley
- University of Washington
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