Alignment-ambiguous nucleotide sites and the exclusion of systematic data

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 152-157

  Gatesy, John ^a   DeSalle, Rob ^a   Wheeler, Ward ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALGORITHM; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INSECT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALGORITHMS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0027616543     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1993.1015     Document Type: Article

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