Understanding Evolutionary Trees

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-137

  Gregory, T Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branch; Clade; Common ancestor; Evolution; Node; Phylogeny; Sister taxa; Topology; Trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249108660     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-008-0035-x     Document Type: Review

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