The probability of correctly resolving a split as an experimental design criterion in phylogenetics

Systematic Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 811-821

  Susko, Edward ^a   Roger, Andrew J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental design; phylogenetics; taxon sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EMBRYOPHYTA; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CLASSIFICATION; EMBRYOPHYTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84865212576     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys033     Document Type: Article

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