Statistical measures of uncertainty for branches in phylogenetic trees inferred from molecular sequences by using model-based methods

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-67

  Wróbel, Borys ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bayesian support values; Bootstrap support; Interior branch test; Phylogenetic inference; Topology testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449115692     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03195249     Document Type: Review

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