Null model selection, compositional bias, character state bias, and the limits of phylogenetic information

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1400-1405

  Lyons Weiler, James ^b   Hoelzer, Guy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional bias; Permutation test; Phylogenetic signal; Phylogenetics; RASA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FROG; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANURA; PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS; RASA;

EID: 0032880109     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026049     Document Type: Article

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