Phylogenetic informativeness profiling of 12 genes for 28 vertebrate taxa without divergence dates

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-272

  Moeller, Andrew H ^a   Townsend, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; LETTER; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; PHYLOGENY;

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EID: 79957893436     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.04.023     Document Type: Letter

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