Which Random Processes Describe the Tree of Life? A Large-Scale Study of Phylogenetic Tree Imbalance
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- 1 August 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Systematic Biology
- Vol. 55 (4) , 685-691
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150600889625
Abstract
The explosion of phylogenetic studies not only provides a clear snapshot of biodiversity, but also makes it possible to infer how the diversity has arisen (see,Keywords
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