Characterizing phylogenetically decisive taxon coverage

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-86

  Steel, Mike ^a   Sanderson, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Phylogenetics; Random tree; Supertree; Taxon coverage

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY TREE; PHYLOGENETICS; RANDOM TREE; SUPERTREE; TAXON COVERAGE; TREE STRUCTURES;

EID: 70350620991     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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