Paper of the Week: about rogues
Rogue taxa phenomenon: A biological companion to simulation analysis
Kristi M. Westovera, Joseph P. Rusinkob, Jon Hoina, Matthew Nealb
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Available online 21 May 2013, In Press.
Highlights
• We evaluated the frequency of a rogue taxa effect using viral data sets which differed in diversity.
• Our results showed a slight increase in the percentage of rogues as nucleotide diversity increased.
• However, the distribution of the types of rogues (friendly, crazy, or evil) did not depend on the diversity.
• In the case of the order-level data set (greatest diversity) the net rogue effect was slightly positive.
Kristi M. Westovera, Joseph P. Rusinkob, Jon Hoina, Matthew Nealb
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Available online 21 May 2013, In Press.
Highlights
• We evaluated the frequency of a rogue taxa effect using viral data sets which differed in diversity.
• Our results showed a slight increase in the percentage of rogues as nucleotide diversity increased.
• However, the distribution of the types of rogues (friendly, crazy, or evil) did not depend on the diversity.
• In the case of the order-level data set (greatest diversity) the net rogue effect was slightly positive.