Coding meristic characters for phylogenetic analysis: A comparison of step-matrix gap-weighting and generalized frequency coding

Systematic Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 167-173

  Lawing, A Michelle ^a   Meik, Jesse M ^a   Schargel, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 47749093601     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150801898938     Document Type: Review

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