Rate-variation need not defeat phylogenetic inference through pairwise sequence comparisons

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 587-589

  Wu, Jihua ^a   Susko, Edward ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENETIC DISTANCE; LETTER; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAXON;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77649340046     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.12.022     Document Type: Letter

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