A very valuable article for teaching about phylogenetic likelihood and matrix exponentiation is:
Foster, Peter G. (2001). "The Idiot's Guide to the Zen of Likelihood in a Nutshell in Seven Days for Dummies, Unleashed." Online PDF, widely copied. 2023-10-28 locations:
https://joelvelasco.net/teaching/129/foster01-idiotslikelihood.pdf
http://phylo.wdfiles.com/local--files/foster01-idiotslikelihood/foster01-idiotslikelihood.pdf
http://phylo.wdfiles.com/local--files/foster01-idiotslikelihood/Foster_2001_Idiots_guide_to_likelihood.pdf
Because various links to this PDF appear and disappear, it is useful to have it in multiple locations online — it would be a shame if it disappeared. Therefore, I have added it to PhyloWiki — see the "Files" section, at the bottom of this page.
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| foster01-idiotslikelihood.pdf | PDF document | 179.52 kB | Info |
| Foster_2001_Idiots_guide_to_likelihood.pdf | PDF document | 179.52 kB | Info |