A likelihood ratio test to detect conflicting phylogenetic signal

Systematic Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-98

  Huelsenbeck, John P ^a   Bull, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratio test; Maximum likelihood; Phylogenetic heterogeneity; Phylogenetic methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030328811     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/45.1.92     Document Type: Article

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