Evolutionary Inferences from Phylogenies: A Review of Methods

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

• Publication date

  2012-11-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV-ECOLSYS-110411-160331
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