Phylogenetic analysis using parsimony and likelihood methods

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 294-307

  Yang, Ziheng ^a,b,c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Maximum likelihood; Maximum parsimony; Molecular evolution; Molecular systematics; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0029878719     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02198856     Document Type: Article

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