Estimation of ancestral states of continuous characters: A computer simulation study

Systematic Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 642-650

  Martins, Emília P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0033413220     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351599260210     Document Type: Article

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