Taxon sampling and the accuracy of large phylogenies

Systematic Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 702-710

  Rannala, Bruce ^a   Huelsenbeck, John P ^b   Yang, Ziheng ^c   Nielsen, Rasmus ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENY;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0032225752     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351598260680     Document Type: Review

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