Escaping from the Felsenstein Zone by Detecting Long Branches in Phylogenetic Data

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-384

  Lyons Weiler, James ^a   Hoelzer, Guy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; PHYLOGENY;

CLASSIFICATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0031307210     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1997.0450     Document Type: Article

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