Detecting recombination from gene trees

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 590-599

  Smith, J Maynard ^a   Smith, N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective number of sites; Gene trees; Homoplasy Test; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BORRELIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0031897789     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025960     Document Type: Article

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