Building phylogenetic trees from DNA sequence data: Investigating polar bear & giant panda ancestry

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 642-646

  Maier, Caroline Alexandra ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035540289     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4451210     Document Type: Article

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