Bootstrap method of interior-branch test for phylogenetic trees

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 605-611

  Sitnikova, Tatyana ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bootstrap; interior branch test; neighbor joining; phylogenetic trees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029965168     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025620     Document Type: Article

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