Paleontology, genomics, and combined-data phylogenetics: Can molecular data improve phylogeny estimation for fossil taxa

Systematic Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-99

  Wiens, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY;

BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSILS; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 67449110091     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syp012     Document Type: Article

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