Search for dissertations about: "bootstrap support"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words bootstrap support.

  2. 1. On Estimating Topology and Divergence Times in Phylogenetics

    Author : Bodil Svennblad; Allan Gut; Tom Britton; Thore Egeland; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mathematical statistics; Phylogenetics; Divergence Time; Likelihood based methods; Non-informative prior; bootstrap support; Matematisk statistik;

    Abstract : This PhD thesis consists of an introduction and five papers, dealing with statistical methods in phylogenetics.A phylogenetic tree describes the evolutionary relationships among species assuming that they share a common ancestor and that evolution takes place in a tree like manner. READ MORE

  4. 2. Phylogenetic Support and Chloroplast Genome Evolution in Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae)

    Author : Per Erixon; Bengt Oxelman; Sean Graham; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Biology; Phylogenetics; Bayesian inference; Bootstrapping; cpDNA; Sileneae; Interspecific chloroplast recombination; Hybridization; clpP; Positive selection; Extreme substitution rates; Biologi;

    Abstract : Evolutionary biology is dependent on accurate phylogenies. In this thesis two branch support methods, Bayesian posterior probablities and bootstrap frequencies, were evaluated with simulated data and empirical data from the chloroplast genome. READ MORE

  5. 3. Stress of conscience and burnout among healthcare personnel working in residential care of older people

    Author : Johan Åhlin; Gunilla Stranberg; Anna-Karin Edberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Healtcare personnel; stress of conscience; burnout; social support; guidelines; downsizing; reorganisation; care of older people.; vårdpersonal; samvetsstress; utbrändhet; socialt stöd; riktlinjer; nedskärningar; omorganisering; äldreomsorg.; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : Background This thesis was part of the research programme ‘Stress of Conscience and Burnout among Healthcare Personnel in Elderly Care’ at Umeå University. Relationships have been found between stress of conscience, perception of conscience, burnout, and social support. READ MORE

  6. 4. Assignment and assessment of orthology and gene function

    Author : Christian Storm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Orthology; paralogy; homology; bootstrap; tree reconciliation; Pfam; functional annotation;

    Abstract : Several genomes from different species have been sequenced over the last years, most notably the human genome. An important task of computational biology is to classify and functionally annotate the large amount of sequence data created by the genome sequencing projects. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays in labour economics and econometrics

    Author : Pål Bergström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of five self-contained essays in Labour Economics and Econometrics.Essay I examines the potential effects of altered payroll taxes on unemployment by using a general equilibrium model with wage bargaining and two groups of labour: skilled and unskilled. READ MORE