Phylogenetic uncertainty can bias the number of evolutionary transitions estimated from ancestral state reconstruction methods

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 324, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 517-524

  Duchêne, Sebastian ^a,b   Lanfear, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL BIAS; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84938908215     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22638     Document Type: Article

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