HICLAS: A taxonomic database system for displaying and comparing biological classification and phylogenetic trees

Bioinformatics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-156

  Zhong, Yang ^a,c   Luo, Yining ^a   Pramanik, Sakti ^a   Beaman, John H ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DATA BASE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0032972972     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/15.2.149     Document Type: Article

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