An Inordinate Fondness for Eukaryotic Diversity

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Harmon, Luke J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLADISTICS; COMPUTER MODEL; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SIMULATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; EUKARYOTA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 84865792716     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001382     Document Type: Article

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