Effects of nucleotide composition bias on the success of the parsimony criterion in phylogenetic inference

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1024-1033

  Conant, G C ^a   Lewis, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

G+C bias; LogDet; Maximum parsimony; Nucleotide composition; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYLOGENY; SIMULATION;

EID: 0034983477     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003874     Document Type: Article

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