A critical study of homoplasy in molecular data with the use of a morphologically based cladogram, and its consequences for character weighting

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1174-1186

  Philippe, Hervé ^a   Lecointre, Guillaume ^b   Lê, Hoc Lanh Vân ^a,c   Le Guyader, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Thanh Pho Hô Chi Minh   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

28S ribosomal RNA; character weighting; gnathostomes; homoplasy; molecular evolution; parsimony; variable positions

Indexed keywords

RNA 28S;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029907143     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025682     Document Type: Article

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