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Morphological and molecular convergences in mammalian phylogenetics

Authors :
Zhengting Zou
Jianzhi Zhang
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2016.

Abstract

Morphological characters are generally thought to have higher rates of convergence than molecular characters. Here, Zou and Zhang provide empirical evidence for this assumption and devise a method to improve the accuracy of phylogenetic reconstruction through identifying and removing convergence-prone characters.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
7
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b2624c7035ef423fbdf51d0205807846
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12758