Bushes in the tree of life

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1899-1904

  Rokas, Antonis ^a   Carroll, Sean B ^b,c  

^a BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMOPLASY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HOMINID; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33751039720     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040352     Document Type: Review

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