Tree rooting with outgroups when they differ in their nucleotide composition from the ingroup: The Drosophila saltans and willistoni groups, a case study

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 344-349

  Tarrío, Rosa ^a   Rodríguez Trelles, Francisco ^a,b   Ayala, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Among site rate variation; Drosophila saltans and willistoni groups; GC content; Maximum likelihood; Nucleotide composition; Outgroup and midpoint rooting; Xdh

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA SALTANS; DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI;

EID: 0033779555     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0813     Document Type: Article

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