The Biasing Effect of Compositional Heterogeneity on Phylogenetic Estimates May be Underestimated
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- 1 August 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Systematic Biology
- Vol. 53 (4) , 638-643
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150490468648
Abstract
Our results highlight the importance of assessing the compositional heterogeneity of phylogenetic data as the number of sequences increases. There are several mKeywords
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