Using genes as characters and a parsimony analysis to explore the phylogenetic position of turtles.

The phylogenetic position of turtles within the vertebrate tree of life remains controversial. Conflicting conclusions from different studies are likely a consequence of systematic error in the tree construction process, rather than random error from small amounts of data. Using genomic data, we eva...

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Main Authors: Bin Lu, Weizhao Yang, Qiang Dai, Jinzhong Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24278129/pdf/?tool=EBI