Hidden support from unpromising data sets strongly unites snakes with anguimorph 'lizards'

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1308-1316

  Lee, M S Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anguimorpha; Bayesian inference; Branch support; Combined analysis; Hidden support; Morphological phylogenetics; Ophidia; Parsimony; Reptilia; Squamata

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; SNAKE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; META ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SNAKES;

ANGUIMORPHA; IGUANIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 66149142779     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01751.x     Document Type: Article

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