Among-site rate variation and its impact on phylogenetic analyses

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 367-372

  Yang, Ziheng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY RATE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION;

EID: 0030451420     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10041-0     Document Type: Review

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