A method for inferring the rate of evolution of homologous characters that can potentially improve phylogenetic inference, resolve deep divergence and correct systematic biases

Systematic Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 833-844

  Cummins, Carla A ^a   McInerney, James O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Compatibility; maximum likelihood; maximum parsimony; molecular phylogeny reconstruction; simulation; site rate variation; site removal; systematic bias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES;

EID: 80051782566     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr064     Document Type: Article

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