Relaxed phylogenetics and the palaeoptera problem: Resolving deep ancestral splits in the insect phylogeny

Systematic Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 285-297

  Thomas, Jessica A ^a,b   Trueman, John W H ^b   Rambaut, Andrew ^c   Welch, John J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENETICS; INSECT; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; GENES, INSECT; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84873588845     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys093     Document Type: Article

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