Uneconomical Diagnosis of Cladograms: Comments on Wheeler and Nixon's Method for Sankoff Optimization

Cladistics

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 153-159

  Swofford, David L ^a   Siddall, Mark E ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0348198481     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00249.x     Document Type: Review

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