Partitioned Bayesian analyses, partition choice, and the phylogenetic relationships of scincid lizards

Systematic Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-390

  Brandley, Matthew C ^a,c   Schmitz, Andreas ^b   Reeder, Tod W ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"Eumeces"; "Scincinae"; Bayes factors; Bayesian hypothesis testing; Mixed model analyses; Partitioning

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LIZARD; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACONTIAS; AMPHIGLOSSUS; CHALCIDES; DIBAMIDAE; EUMECES; FEYLINIA; NEOSEPS; SCINCIDAE; SCINCUS; SQUAMATA; TYPHLOSAURUS;

EID: 9944255059     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150590946808     Document Type: Article

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