RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Response to Comment on “Statistical binning enables an accurate coalescent-based estimation of the avian tree”
JF Science
JO Science
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP 171
OP 171
DO 10.1126/science.aaa7719
VO 350
IS 6257
A1 Mirarab, Siavash
A1 Bayzid, Md. Shamsuzzoha
A1 Boussau, Bastien
A1 Warnow, Tandy
YR 2015
UL http://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6257/171.2.abstract
AB Liu and Edwards argue against the use of weighted statistical binning within a species tree estimation pipeline. However, we show that their mathematical argument does not apply to weighted statistical binning. Furthermore, their simulation study does not follow the recommended statistical binning protocol and has data of unknown origin that bias the results against weighted statistical binning.