On the consistency of maximum likelihood estimation of phylogenetic trees from nucleotide sequences

Systematic Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 354-357

  Rogers, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BASE SEQUENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031284363     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/46.2.354     Document Type: Review

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