Which random processes describe the tree of life? A large-scale study of phylogenetic tree imbalance

Systematic Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 685-691

  Blum, Michael G B ^a   François, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIODIVERSITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 33750245951     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150600889625     Document Type: Review

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