Finding Optimal Ingroup Topologies and Convexities When the Choice of Outgroups Is Not Obvious

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 348-357

  Milinkovitch, Michel C ^a   Lyons Weiler, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bremer support; Convexity; Outgroup rooting; RASA; Sensitivity analysis* Molecular phylogenetics.; Topology

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032088703     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0503     Document Type: Article

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