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Postprocessing of genealogical trees.

Loukia Meligkotsidou1, Paul Fearnhead

  • 1Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YF, United Kingdom. l.meligotsidou@lancaster.ac.uk

Genetics
|June 15, 2007
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This study introduces a computational method for analyzing population genetics by postprocessing Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) output of genealogical trees. This approach efficiently infers demographic parameters while accounting for tree uncertainty.

Area of Science:

  • Population Genetics
  • Computational Biology
  • Statistical Inference

Background:

  • Demographic models are crucial for understanding population history.
  • Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods generate samples of genealogical trees.
  • Estimating demographic parameters from genealogical data can be computationally intensive.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a computationally efficient method for inferring demographic models and parameters.
  • To account for uncertainty in genealogical tree inference.
  • To enable efficient reanalysis of data under various demographic models.

Main Methods:

  • Postprocessing MCMC output of genealogical trees.
  • Utilizing a simulation-consistent estimate of the likelihood for variable population size models via importance sampling.

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  • Proposing two novel approximate likelihoods for migration and continuous spatial models.

    • Main Results:

    • The proposed approach accounts for uncertainty in tree inference.
    • The method is computationally efficient for reanalyzing data with different models.
    • New approximate likelihoods are developed for migration and spatial models.

    Conclusions:

    • Postprocessing MCMC-generated genealogies offers an efficient route to demographic inference.
    • This method enhances the utility of MCMC in population genetics by integrating tree uncertainty.
    • The novel likelihood approximations facilitate broader applications in spatial and migration modeling.