Troubleshooting molecular phylogenetic analyses

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2002, Pages 49-72

  Sanderson, Michael J ^a   Shaffer, H Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Data partition; Long branch attraction; Model; Rooting

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 0036926048     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.33.010802.150509     Document Type: Review

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