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Bjørn Tore Kopperud

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenORCID 0000-0002-7360-7087Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Evolutionary BiologySystematic BiologyPeer-reviewedMay 29, 2025

Phylogenetic Estimation of branch-specific Shifts in the Tempo of Origination

Bjørn Tore Kopperud, Sebastian Höhna

This paper introduces Pesto, a fast method for estimating branch-specific diversification rates in phylogenies without MCMC, showing high precision but limited power for detecting rate shift events.

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