Resolution of phylogenetic conflict in large data sets by increased taxon sampling

Systematic Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 522-529

  Hedtke, Shannon M ^a   Townsend, Ted M ^a,b   Hillis, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAMPLE SIZE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENES, FUNGAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 33747339757     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150600697358     Document Type: Review

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