Exact formulas for the variance of several balance indices under the Yule model

DOI10.1007/s00285-012-0615-9zbMath1281.92051arXiv1202.6573OpenAlexW2032605514WikidataQ45716115 ScholiaQ45716115MaRDI QIDQ2435067

Arnau Mir, Gabriel Cardona, Francesc Rosselló

Publication date: 3 February 2014

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.6573

zbMATH Keywords

varianceYule modelphylogenetic treetotal cophenetic indexColless's indexSackin's index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Problems related to evolution (92D15) Taxonomy, cladistics, statistics in mathematical biology (92B10) Applications of branching processes (60J85)

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