The MinMax Squeeze: Guaranteeing a minimal tree for population data

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-242

  Holland, B R ^a   Huber, K T ^b   Penny, D ^a   Moulton, V ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human mtDNA; Lower bounds; Parsimony; Phylogeny estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC MODEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; SIMULATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 12344282044     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi010     Document Type: Article

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