A method of alignment masking for refining the phylogenetic signal of multiple sequence alignments

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 689-712

  Rajan, Vaibhav ^a  

^a Xerox Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

alignment masking; compatibility; phylogeny inference; site removal; split; SR; subsplit

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASKING; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECT PROTEINS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84873575162     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss264     Document Type: Article

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