Improved data retrieval from TreeBASE via taxonomic and linguistic data enrichment

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Anwar, Nadia ^a   Hunt, Ela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; LINGUISTICS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; TAXONOMY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

DATABASES, GENETIC; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PHYLOGENY; SOFTWARE; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 66149105111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-93     Document Type: Article

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