Inferring macro-evolutionary patterns using an adaptive peak model of evolution

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 991-1015

  Smaers, Jeroen B ^a   Vinicius, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive peak; Ancestral reconstruction; Brownian motion; Comparative method; Ornstein uhlenbeck; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

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EID: 70350335342     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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