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diff --git a/sci-biology/mrbayes/metadata.xml b/sci-biology/mrbayes/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8a6a5b986dc7 --- /dev/null +++ b/sci-biology/mrbayes/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <herd>sci-biology</herd> + <longdescription> +MrBayes is a program for the Bayesian estimation of phylogeny. +Bayesian inference of phylogeny is based upon a quantity called the +posterior probability distribution of trees, which is the probability of a +tree conditioned on the observations. The conditioning is accomplished using +Bayes's theorem. The posterior probability distribution of trees is +impossible to calculate analytically; instead, MrBayes uses a simulation +technique called Markov chain Monte Carlo (or MCMC) to approximate the +posterior probabilities of trees. +</longdescription> + <upstream> + <remote-id type="sourceforge">mrbayes</remote-id> + </upstream> +</pkgmetadata> |