Bayesian inference o ers us a powerful tool with which to tackle the problem of data modelling.
However, the performance of Bayesian methods is crucially dependent on being able to …

Motivation: To devise a method that, unlike available methods, directly measures variations
in phylogenetic signals in gene sequences that result from recombination, tests the …

We analyzed the polymorphic (CAG) n and (GGN) n regions within the androgen receptor
gene from participants in a population-based case-control study of prostate cancer in middle-…

Globally, many fish species are overexploited, and many stocks have collapsed. This crisis,
along with increasing concerns over flow-on effects on ecosystems, has caused a …

Gaussian processes are a promising nonlinear regression tool, but it is not straightforward
to solve classification problems with them. In the paper the variational methods of Jaakkola …

There are several similarities between the small, circular, single-stranded-DNA genomes of
circoviruses that infect vertebrates and the nanoviruses that infect plants. We analyzed …

The most recent global “icehouse‐hothouse” climate transition in earth history began during
the Permian. Warmer polar conditions, relative to today, then persisted through the …

Overall in England there were 2,091 (17 per cent) excess deaths. Worst affected were those
over the age of 75. The greatest increase of any region in England was in London in the …

Background Phylogenies are commonly used to analyse the differences between genes,
genomes and species. Patristic distances calculated from tree branch lengths describe the …

… surgeons personally mark the intended … marking their own body for surgery, marked “NO”
on the nonoperative extremity. Therefore, the patient cannot be relied on for accurate marking. …