Biology – Quantitative Biology – Quantitative Methods
Scientific paper
2010-08-06
Biology
Quantitative Biology
Quantitative Methods
16 pages, 1 figure, 1 appendix
Scientific paper
We consider novel phylogenetic models with rate matrices that arise via the embedding of a progenitor model on a small number of character states, into a target model on a larger number of character states. Adapting representation-theoretic results from recent investigations of Markov invariants for the general rate matrix model, we give a prescription for identifying and counting Markov invariants for such `symmetric embedded' models, and we provide enumerations of these for low-dimensional cases. The simplest example is a target model on 3 states, constructed from a general 2 state model; the `2->3' embedding. We show that for 2 taxa, there exist two invariants of quadratic degree, that can be used to directly infer pairwise distances from observed sequences under this model. A simple simulation study verifies their theoretical expected values, and suggests that, given the appropriateness of the model class, they have greater statistical power than the standard (log) Det invariant (which is of cubic degree for this case).
Jarvis Peter D.
Sumner Jeremy G.
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