Increased taxon sampling is advantageous for phylogenetic inference

Systematic Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 664-671

  Pollock, David D ^a   Zwickl, Derrick J ^b   McGuire, Jimmy A ^a   Hillis, David M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036699885     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150290102357     Document Type: Article

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