Combining data sets with different numbers of taxa for phylogenetic analysis

Systematic Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 548-558

  Wiens, John J ^a,b   Reeder, Tod W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0029466830     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/44.4.548     Document Type: Article

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