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Martin Bontrager

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Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Bret Larget

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Statistical evidence for common ancestry: New tests of universal ancestry

Bret Larget, Cécile Ané, Martin Bontrager, Steve Hunter, Noah Stenz, David A. Baum

The paper presents a new statistical framework to test common ancestry versus separate ancestry using DNA sequence data, finding strong support for common ancestry in primates.

bioRxiv · Jan 10, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Statistical Evidence for Common Ancestry: Testing for Signal in Silent Sites

Martin Bontrager, Bret Larget, Cécile Ané, David Baum

The paper develops a statistical test to assess common ancestry by analyzing nucleotide variation at amino acid invariant sites and finds strong evidence supporting common ancestry in primates.

bioRxiv · Jan 4, 2016 · Preprint