Reconstructing ancestral character states: A critical reappraisal

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 361-366

  Cunningham, Clifford W ^a   Omland, Kevin E ^b   Oakley, Todd H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031880429     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01382-2     Document Type: Article

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