A molecular sequence metric and evolutionary trees

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Phylogenetic treeMetric (unit)Genetic distanceSequence (biology)Coding (social sciences)Triangle inequalityMathematicsCoding regionCombinatoricsAlgorithmComputer scienceBiologyGeneticsGenetic variationStatisticsGeneEngineering

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Year: 1974
Type: article
Volume: 19
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 9-25
Citations: 83
Access: Closed

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                                    W. A. Beyer, 
                                
                                    Myron L. Stein, 
                                
                                    Temple F. Smith
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1974). 
                            A molecular sequence metric and evolutionary trees. 
                            Mathematical Biosciences
                            , 19
                            (1-2)
                            , 9-25.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(74)90028-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0025-5564(74)90028-5