Polytomies, the power of phylogenetic inference, and the stochastic nature of molecular evolution: A comment on Walsh et al. (1999)

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1261-1263

  Braun, Edward L ^a   Kimball, Rebecca T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular evolution; Phylogeny; Polytomy; Sample size; Speciation; Statistical power analysis

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 0034914770     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00647.x     Document Type: Note

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