Introduction. Statistical and computational challenges in molecular phylogenetics and evolution
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Introduction. Statistical and computational challenges in molecular phylogenetics and evolution
1. INTRODUCTION Since the widespread acceptance of Darwin's theory of evolution (Darwin 1859), scientists have been interested in reconstructing the evolutionary relationships of living (and extinct) organisms. Evolution occurs too slowly to be experimented upon in situ in any but the most extreme cases, and scientists must look for information in the contemporary world that can lead to insight...
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0962-8436,1471-2970
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0182