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1 August 2008 Estimating Species Trees Using Multiple-Allele DNA Sequence Data
Liang Liu, Dennis K. Pearl, Robb T. Brumfield, Scott V. Edwards
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Abstract

Several techniques, such as concatenation and consensus methods, are available for combining data from multiple loci to produce a single statement of phylogenetic relationships. However, when multiple alleles are sampled from individual species, it becomes more challenging to estimate relationships at the level of species, either because concatenation becomes inappropriate due to conflicts among individual gene trees, or because the species from which multiple alleles have been sampled may not form monophyletic groups in the estimated tree. We propose a Bayesian hierarchical model to reconstruct species trees from multipleallele, multilocus sequence data, building on a recently proposed method for estimating species trees from single allele multilocus data. A two-step Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm is adopted to estimate the posterior distribution of the species tree. The model is applied to estimate the posterior distribution of species trees for two multiple-allele datasets—yeast (Saccharomyces) and birds (Manacus—manakins). The estimates of the species trees using our method are consistent with those inferred from other methods and genetic markers, but in contrast to other species tree methods, it provides credible regions for the species tree. The Bayesian approach described here provides a powerful framework for statistical testing and integration of population genetics and phylogenetics.

Liang Liu, Dennis K. Pearl, Robb T. Brumfield, and Scott V. Edwards "Estimating Species Trees Using Multiple-Allele DNA Sequence Data," Evolution 62(8), 2080-2091, (1 August 2008). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00414.x
Received: 8 August 2007; Accepted: 15 April 2008; Published: 1 August 2008
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KEYWORDS
Bayesian hierarchical model
coalescent theory
gene tree
species tree
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