title: Links between maximum likelihood and maximum parsimony under a simple model of site substitution.
abstract: Stochastic models of nucleotide substitution are playing an increasingly important role in phylogenetic reconstruction through such methods as maximum likelihood. Here, we examine the behaviour of a simple substitution model, and establish some links between the methods of maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood under this model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tuffley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steel
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009154:Mutation; D010802:Phylogeny; D011336:Probability
chemical_list: D004247:DNA