What are the models used in phylogenetic analysis and what exactly is involved in Bayesian evolutionary analysis using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods?

Covers theory, practice and programming in Bayesian phylogenetics with BEAST. The why, how and what of BEAST 2.

Offering a rich diversity of models, Bayesian phylogenetics allows evolutionary biologists, systematists, ecologists, and epidemiologists to obtain answers to v

A broad, hands on guide with detailed explanations of current methodology, relevant exercises and popular software tools.

This book describes the models, methods and algorithms that are most useful for analysing the ever-increasing supply of molecular sequence data, with a view to