Comparative analysis by independent contrasts (CAIC): An apple macintosh application for analysing comparative data

Bioinformatics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 247-251

  Purvis, Andy ^a   Rambaut, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; VARIANCE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; MICROCOMPUTERS; PHYLOGENY; SOFTWARE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029007587     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/11.3.247     Document Type: Article

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