The root of the mammalian tree inferred from whole mitochondrial genomes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-185

  Phillips, Matthew J ^a   Penny, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Marsupionta; Mitochondrial genomes; Monotremes; Partitioned likelihood; Pyrimidine bias; RY coding; Theria

Indexed keywords

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; THERIA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0141721426     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00057-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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