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Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life

Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life

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Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life

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Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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BMC evolutionary biology, 2011-05, Vol.11 (1), p.141-141, Article 141

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English

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Microinversions are cytologically undetectable inversions of DNA sequences that accumulate slowly in genomes. Like many other rare genomic changes (RGCs), microinversions are thought to be virtually homoplasy-free evolutionary characters, suggesting that they may be very useful for difficult phylogenetic problems such as the avian tree of life. How...

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Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_1deda5f968d8425a9ed554f5b6e15c96

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_1deda5f968d8425a9ed554f5b6e15c96

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ISSN

1471-2148

E-ISSN

1471-2148

DOI

10.1186/1471-2148-11-141

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