Introduction. Statistical and computational challenges in molecular phylogenetics and evolution.

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Published in Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci on December 27, 2008

Authors

Nick Goldman1, Ziheng Yang

Author Affiliations

1: EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SD, UK. goldman@ebi.ac.uk

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