Effectiveness of phylogenomic data and coalescent species-tree methods for resolving difficult nodes in the phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes: Caenophidia)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 221-231

  Pyron, R Alexander ^a   Hendry, Catriona R ^a   Chou, Vincent M ^a   Lemmon, Emily M ^b   Lemmon, Alan R ^b   Burbrink, Frank T ^c,d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Colubroidea; Gene trees; Phylogenomics; Snakes; Species trees

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAKES;

EID: 84908603912     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.023     Document Type: Article

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