Amino acid vs. nucleotide characters: Challenging preconceived notions

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 78-90

  Simmons, Mark P ^a,c   Ochoterena, Helga ^b   Freudenstein, John V ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; RBCL PROTEIN, PLASTID; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RANDOMIZATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANGIOSPERMS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

EID: 0036375698     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00202-6     Document Type: Article

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