Assessing an unknown evolutionary process: Effect of increasing site-specific knowledge through taxon addition

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1854-1858

  Pollock, David D ^a,b   Bruno, William J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary models; Maximum likelihood; Phylogenetic inference; Rate variation; Taxon addition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0033635920     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026286     Document Type: Article

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