Among-character rate variation distributions in phylogenetic analysis of discrete morphological characters

Systematic Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 307-324

  Harrison, Luke B ^a   Larsson, Hans C E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Among character rate variation; Bayesian model selection; Discrete morphological characters; Morphological phylogenetics; Phylogenetics; Rate heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84927682760     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syu098     Document Type: Article

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