Lack of resolution in the animal phylogeny: Closely spaced cladogeneses or undetected systematic errors?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-9

  Baurain, Denis ^a,b   Brinkmann, Henner ^a   Philippe, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal evolution; Nonphylogenetic signal; Phylogenetic resolution; Phylogenomics; Systematic error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLADOGENESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845908745     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl137     Document Type: Article

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