Are third positions really that bad? A test using vertebrate cytochrome b

Cladistics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-197

  Björklund, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0000583137     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1999.tb00261.x     Document Type: Review

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