Molecular phytogeny: pitfalls and progress

International Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-16

  Moreira, David ^a,b   Philippe, Hervé ^a  

^a LIAFA   (France)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classification; Long branch attraction; Phylogeny; rRNA trees; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0034152569     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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