Endless tests: Guidelines for analysing non-nested sister-group comparisons

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 567-579

  Vamosi, Steven M ^a   Vamosi, Jana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversification; Key innovation; Sister group comparison; Slowinski Guyer test

Indexed keywords

EID: 20644442464     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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