Opinion: Long branch attraction and protist Phylogeny

Protist

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 307-316

  Philippe, Hervé ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034503382     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/S1434-4610(04)70029-2     Document Type: Article

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