The Phylogenetic Informativeness of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences for Reconstructing the Vertebrate Tree
Townsend JP, López-Giráldez F, Friedman R. The Phylogenetic Informativeness of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences for Reconstructing the Vertebrate Tree. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 2008, 67: 437-447. PMID: 18696029, DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9142-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmino acid sequencePhylogenetic informativenessAcid sequenceVertebrate treeDNA sequencesMolecular evolutionary patternsEarly placental mammalsGenes c-mycDivergence timesMolecular evolutionPhylogenetic conflictEarly vertebratesEvolutionary patternsPlacental mammalsNucleotide sequenceMuroid rodentsFunctional constraintsGenesC-MycSupport valuesSequenceNucleotidesNumber of charactersHigh informativenessTrees