Likelihood-ratio test of monophyly

Systematic Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 546-558

  Huelsenbeck, John P ^a   Hillis, David M ^b   Nielsen, Rasmus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratio test; Maximum likelihood; Monophyly; Phylogenetic methods; Thylacinus

Indexed keywords

CANIS; DASYURIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; THYLACINUS;

EID: 0030311344     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/45.4.546     Document Type: Article

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