Inconsistency of maximum parsimony revisited

Systematic Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 521-528

  Schulmeister, Susanne ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Felsenstein zone; k state characters; Long branch attraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 4644356723     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150490445788     Document Type: Article

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