COMBINATORIAL WEIGHTS IN PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS: A STATISTICAL PARSIMONY PROCEDURE |
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| Authors: | Ward C. Wheeler |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Invertebrates, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, Mew York, 10024–5192 U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract— A data dependent weighting procedure is developed to allow the comparison of phylogenetic trees based on nucleic acid sequence data. The sampling error of this cladogram "cost" is then examined, permitting statistical evaluation of the cost differential. |
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