Should we use model-based methods for phylogenetic inference when we know that assumptions about among-site rate variation and nucleotide substitution pattern are violated?

Systematic Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 723-729

  Sullivan, Jack ^a   Swofford, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Smithsonian Museum Support Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035527373     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351501753328848     Document Type: Article

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