Phylogenetic representativeness: A new method for evaluating taxon sampling in evolutionary studies

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Plazzi, Federico ^a   Ferrucci, Ronald R ^b   Passamonti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS; GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES; THEORETICAL METHODS; WARWICK;

BIOLOGY; TAXONOMIES;

SAMPLING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ALGORITHMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 77951246298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-11-209     Document Type: Article

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