new post on combining classical phylogenetic methods + deep learning

[Erick Matsen]

Hello, everyone!

A new blog post just went up. Here's the hook: 

Phylogenetic inference should be impossible, and yet it works. Lena Collienne led a project to build deep learning on the classical ideas that make it work. Now out in Systematic Biology. 

https://matsen.group/general/2026/10/06/dpvt.html

Hoping you are well,

Erick