A fundamental problem with amino-acid-sequence characters for phylogenetic analyses

Cladistics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 274-282

  Simmons, Mark P ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CLADISTICS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0033785582     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clad.2000.0134     Document Type: Article

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