Introduction. Statistical and computational challenges in molecular phylogenetics and evolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1512, 2008, Pages 3889-3892

  Goldman, Nick ^a   Yang, Ziheng ^b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57149107977     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0182     Document Type: Editorial

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