Polytomies and phylogenetically independent contrasts: Examination of the bounded degrees of freedom approach

Systematic Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 547-558

  Garland Jr , Theodore ^a   Díaz Uriarte, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Computer simulation; Hypothesis testing; Polytomies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0033183783     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351599260139     Document Type: Article

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