Laura S. Kubatko

Distribution of gene tree histories under the coalescent model with gene flow

The paper introduces a coalescent model with gene flow between three species and shows that gene tree history distributions can identify species tree parameters, while topologies cannot, using simulations and empirical data.

A Distance Method to Reconstruct Species Trees In the Presence of Gene Flow

This paper introduces STEST, a method to estimate species trees in the presence of gene flow using speciation time estimates, showing improved accuracy and efficiency compared to existing methods.