Ron Kagan wrote:
>> For those of you who have used maximum likelihood analysis (DNAML and
> DNAMLK of Felsenstein's Phylip package): What level of significance do
> you use for the likelihood ratio between the log likelihoods w and w/o
> the molecular clock, to reject the null hypothesis of the molecular
> clock? Is p<0.05 still the standard, or should I use a stricter criteria
> (p<0.01)?
Sorry?!!
Since when is the molecular clock a reasonable null hypothesis?!!!
Molecular phylogenetics in the late 20th century... limited by the
arbitrariness of Joe Felsenstein's imagination and Linus Pauling's
presumptions???
[no offense Joe... ].
Mark
