The Accuracy of Methods for Coding and Sampling Higher-Level Taxa for Phylogenetic Analysis: A Simulation Study

Systematic Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-413

  Wiens, John J ^a  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Coding methods; Parsimony; Simulations; Squamata; Taxon sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032148650     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351598260789     Document Type: Article

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