Inferring evolutionary process from phylogenetic tree shape

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-54

  Mooers, Arne Ø ^a   Heard, Stephen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0002638760     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/419657     Document Type: Article

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