Is sparse taxon sampling a problem for phylogenetic inference?

Systematic Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 124-126

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242669921     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150390132911     Document Type: Review

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