Which random processes describe the tree of life? A large-scale study of phylogenetic tree imbalance.

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  2006

• Venue

  Systematic Biology

• Publication date

  2006-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1080/10635150600889625PMID 16969944
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