A problem in POY tree searches (and its work-around) when some sequences are observed to be absent in some terminals

Cladistics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 453-455

  De Laet, Jan ^a  

^a GOTHENBURG BOTANICAL GARDEN   (Sweden)

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EID: 77956397753     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00306.x     Document Type: Letter

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