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  • Phylogenetics and evolutionary biology
  • Computational biology and bioinformatics

Background:

  • Resolving the tree of life faces challenges due to debated phylogenetic nodes.
  • Mixture models have emerged to address across-site compositional heterogeneity, improving phylogenetic analyses.
  • Skepticism exists regarding the utility of mixture models in phylogenetics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the performance of mixture models against homogeneous and partitioned models.
  • To evaluate the accuracy and fit of mixture models for phylogenetic datasets.
  • To investigate the effectiveness of CAT-GTR, an infinite mixture model, in phylogenomic analyses.

Main Methods:

  • A large-scale simulation study was conducted.
  • Mixture models accounting for compositional heterogeneity were compared with homogeneous and partitioned models.
  • Model fit and phylogenetic accuracy were assessed.

Main Results:

  • Mixture models demonstrated superior fit and accuracy for compositionally heterogeneous datasets.
  • The CAT-GTR model, an infinite mixture model, maximized both accuracy and fit.
  • Mixture models, including CAT-GTR, performed robustly on homogeneous datasets by converging to appropriate homogeneous models.

Conclusions:

  • The study validates the utility of mixture models for handling compositional heterogeneity in phylogenetic analyses.
  • CAT-GTR is identified as a highly flexible and accurate model for phylogenomics.
  • Results address and dissipate doubts concerning the application of mixture models in the field.