Molecular systematics: Assembling and using the Tree of Life

Taxon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 663-677

  Soltis, P S ^a   Soltis, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fossils; Informatics; Phylogenomics; Phylogeny; Tree of Life

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; THUJA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0034829128     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1223700     Document Type: Review

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