Effects of phylogenetic reconstruction method on the robustness of species delimitation using single-locus data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1086-1094

  Tang, Cuong Q ^a   Humphreys, Aelys M ^a,b   Fontaneto, Diego ^c   Barraclough, Timothy G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coalescent; DNA barcoding; GMYC; Metabarcoding; Molecular dating; NGS; OTU; PTP; Speciation; Species delimitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928894196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12246     Document Type: Article

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