Phylogenetic relationships of the dwarf boas and a comparison of Bayesian and bootstrap measures of phylogenetic support

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 361-371

  Wilcox, Thomas P ^a   Zwickl, Derrick J ^a   Heath, Tracy A ^a   Hillis, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Booidea; Bootstrapping; Caenophidea; Dwarf boas; Exiliboa; Macrostomata; Phylogenetic support; Phylogeny; Serpentes; Snakes; Trachyboa; Tropidophiidae; Tropidophis; Ungaliophiidae; Ungaliophis

Indexed keywords

BOA (GENUS); BOINAE; CYLINDROPHIS; ERYCINAE; EXILIBOA; HENOPHIDIA; LOXOCEMUS; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES; TRACHYBOA; TROPIDOPHIIDAE; TROPIDOPHIS; UNGALIOPHIS; XENOPELTIS;

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BOIDAE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0036431235     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00244-0     Document Type: Article

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