The use of composite taxa in supermatrices

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 883-884

  Springer, Mark S ^a   Scally, Mark ^a   Madsen, Ole ^b   De Jong, Wilfried W ^c   Douady, Christophe J ^d   Stanhope, Michael J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Systematics and Population Biology   (Netherlands)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1342332628     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.09.019     Document Type: Letter

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