RWTY (R we there yet): an R package for examining convergence of Bayesian phylogenetic analyses

Dan L. Warren*, Anthony J. Geneva, Robert Lanfear

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    Abstract

    Bayesian inference using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) has become one of the primary methods used to infer phylogenies from sequence data. Assessing convergence is a crucial component of these analyses, as it establishes the reliability of the posterior distribution estimates of the tree topology and model parameters sampled from the MCMC. Numerous tests and visualizations have been developed for this purpose, but many of the most popular methods are implemented in ways that make them inconvenient to use for large data sets. RWTY is an R package that implements established and new methods for diagnosing phylogenetic MCMC convergence in a single convenient interface.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1016-1020
    Number of pages5
    JournalMolecular Biology and Evolution
    Volume34
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2017

    Keywords

    • MCMC
    • phylogenetics
    • topology
    • convergence
    • stationarity

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