MODELTEST: Testing the model of DNA substitution

Bioinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 817-818

  Posada, David ^a   Crandall, Keith A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVOLUTION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031773680     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/14.9.817     Document Type: Article

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