Bias in tree searches and its consequences for measuring group supports

Systematic Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 851-861

  Goloboff, Pablo A ^a   Simmons, Mark P ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLASSIFICATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84908051010     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syu051     Document Type: Article

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