The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees.

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Published in Mol Biol Evol on July 01, 1987

Authors

N Saitou1, M Nei

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1: Center for Demographic and Population Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77225.

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