A consistency lemma in statistical phylogenetics
Mike Steel
TL;DR
This paper provides a straightforward formal proof of a well-known result in statistical phylogenetics, demonstrating the convergence of bootstrap support for phylogenetic trees and their edges.
Contribution
It offers a simple, formal proof of a folklore result, clarifying the theoretical understanding of bootstrap support convergence in phylogenetics.
Findings
Bootstrap support converges for phylogenetic trees and edges
Provides a formal proof of a folklore result
Clarifies theoretical foundations of bootstrap methods
Abstract
This short note provides a simple formal proof of a folklore result in statistical phylogenetics concerning the convergence of bootstrap support for a tree and its edges.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAlgorithms and Data Compression · Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models · Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies