Phylogenetic estimation of evolutionary timescales has become routine in biology, forming the basis of a wide range of evolutionary and ecological studies. However, there are various sources of bias that can affect these estimates. We investigated whether tree imbalance, a property that is commonly observed in phylogenetic trees, can lead to reduced accuracy or precision of phylogenetic timescale estimates. We analysed simulated data sets with calibrations at internal nodes and at the tips, taking into consideration different calibration schemes and levels of tree imbalance. We also investigated the effect of tree imbalance on two empirical data sets: mitogenomes from primates and serial samples of the African swine fever virus. In analyses...
Molecular dating of phylogenetic trees is a growing discipline using sequence data to co-estimate th...
Evolutionary timescales can be inferred by molecular-clock analyses of genetic data and fossil evide...
One of the most extensively studied aspects of phylogenetic tree shape is balance, which is the exte...
Phylogenetic estimation of evolutionary timescales has become routine in biology, forming the basis ...
Phylogenetic estimation of evolutionary timescales has become routine in biology, forming the basis ...
Phylogenetic estimates of evolutionary timescales can be obtained from nucleotide sequence data usin...
Phylogeny-based approaches can be used to infer diversification dynamics and the rate and pattern of...
Divergence time estimation has become an essential tool for understanding macroevolutionary events. ...
Over the last decade, molecular dating methods have been among the most studied subjects in statisti...
Several fields in biology rely on inference of evolutionary timescales using phylogenetics. As ...
Phylogenetic analyses are increasingly being performed with datasets that incorporate hundreds of lo...
Phylogenetic analyses are increasingly being performed with data sets that incorporate hundreds of l...
Classic null models for speciation and extinction give rise to phylogenies that differ in distributi...
It is known that phylogenetic trees are more imbalanced than expected from a birth–death model with ...
Phylogeneticists are typically interested in obtaining time-stamped rooted phylogenetic trees. The a...
Molecular dating of phylogenetic trees is a growing discipline using sequence data to co-estimate th...
Evolutionary timescales can be inferred by molecular-clock analyses of genetic data and fossil evide...
One of the most extensively studied aspects of phylogenetic tree shape is balance, which is the exte...
Phylogenetic estimation of evolutionary timescales has become routine in biology, forming the basis ...
Phylogenetic estimation of evolutionary timescales has become routine in biology, forming the basis ...
Phylogenetic estimates of evolutionary timescales can be obtained from nucleotide sequence data usin...
Phylogeny-based approaches can be used to infer diversification dynamics and the rate and pattern of...
Divergence time estimation has become an essential tool for understanding macroevolutionary events. ...
Over the last decade, molecular dating methods have been among the most studied subjects in statisti...
Several fields in biology rely on inference of evolutionary timescales using phylogenetics. As ...
Phylogenetic analyses are increasingly being performed with datasets that incorporate hundreds of lo...
Phylogenetic analyses are increasingly being performed with data sets that incorporate hundreds of l...
Classic null models for speciation and extinction give rise to phylogenies that differ in distributi...
It is known that phylogenetic trees are more imbalanced than expected from a birth–death model with ...
Phylogeneticists are typically interested in obtaining time-stamped rooted phylogenetic trees. The a...
Molecular dating of phylogenetic trees is a growing discipline using sequence data to co-estimate th...
Evolutionary timescales can be inferred by molecular-clock analyses of genetic data and fossil evide...
One of the most extensively studied aspects of phylogenetic tree shape is balance, which is the exte...