Efficiently resolving the basal clades of a phylogenetic tree using Bayesian and parsimony approaches: A case study using mitogenomic data from 100 higher teleost fishes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 351-362

  Simmons, Mark P ^a   Miya, Masaki ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal clades; Branch support; Character sampling; Jackknife support; Phylogenetic analysis; Taxon sampling

Indexed keywords

PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 1642546638     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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