Increased taxon sampling greatly reduces phylogenetic error

Systematic Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 588-598

  Zwickl, Derrick J ^a   Hillis, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Phylogenetic accuracy; Phylogenetic error; Taxon sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0036699481     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150290102339     Document Type: Article

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