Molecular phylogenetics: State-of-the-art methods for looking into the past

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 262-272

  Whelan, Simon ^a   Liò, Pietro ^a   Goldman, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MODEL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0035339920     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(01)02272-7     Document Type: Review

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