A critical appraisal of the use of microRNA data in phylogenetics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 35, 2014, Pages

  Thomson, Robert C ^a   Plachetzki, David C ^b   Luke Mahler, D ^c   Moore, Brian R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Homoplasy; Stochastic dollo

Indexed keywords

BAYES FACTOR; HOMOPLASY; STOCHASTIC DOLLO;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; FISHES; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPTILES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TURBELLARIA; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84907228240     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1407207111     Document Type: Article

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