Trees of Unusual Size: Biased Inference of Early Bursts from Large Molecular Phylogenies

Matthew W. Pennell; Brice A. J. Sarver; Luke J. Harmon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043348

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Trees of Unusual Size: Biased Inference of Early Bursts from Large Molecular Phylogenies

Matthew W. Pennell ,

* E-mail: mwpennell@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Brice A. J. Sarver,

Affiliations Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Luke J. Harmon

Affiliations Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Trees of Unusual Size: Biased Inference of Early Bursts from Large Molecular Phylogenies

Matthew W. Pennell,
Brice A. J. Sarver,
Luke J. Harmon

Published: September 5, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043348

About the Authors

Matthew W. Pennell

* E-mail: mwpennell@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America, BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Brice A. J. Sarver

Luke J. Harmon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MWP BAJS LJH. Performed the experiments: MWP. Analyzed the data: MWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MWP BAJS. Wrote the paper: MWP BAJS LJH.

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