Resolving phylogenetic signal from noise when divergence is rapid: A new look at the old problem of echinoderm class relationships

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-34

  Pisani, Davide ^a   Feuda, Roberto ^a   Peterson, Kevin J ^b   Smith, Andrew B ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echinoderms; Long branch attraction; MicroRNA; Molecular clocks; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINODERM; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; ECHINODERMATA; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; ELEUTHEROZOA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 83655163777     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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