Taxon sampling and the optimal rates of evolution for phylogenetic inference.
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Taxon Sampling and the Optimal Rates of Evolution for Phylogenetic Inference JEFFREY P. TOWNSEND1,∗ AND CHRISTOPH LEUENBERGER2 1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8106, USA; and 2Département de mathématiques, Université de Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 3, 1705 Fribourg, Switzerland; ∗Correspondence to be sent to: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8106, USA; E-mail: [email protected].
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Systematic biology
دوره 60 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011