A likelihood ratio test for species membership based on DNA sequence data

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A likelihood ratio test for species membership based on DNA sequence data. / Matz, Mikhail V.; Nielsen, Rasmus.

In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, Vol. 360, No. 1462, 2005, p. 1969-1974.

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Matz, MV & Nielsen, R 2005, 'A likelihood ratio test for species membership based on DNA sequence data', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, vol. 360, no. 1462, pp. 1969-1974. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2005.1728

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Matz, M. V., & Nielsen, R. (2005). A likelihood ratio test for species membership based on DNA sequence data. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 360(1462), 1969-1974. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2005.1728

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Matz MV, Nielsen R. A likelihood ratio test for species membership based on DNA sequence data. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 2005;360(1462):1969-1974. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2005.1728

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Matz, Mikhail V. ; Nielsen, Rasmus. / A likelihood ratio test for species membership based on DNA sequence data. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 2005 ; Vol. 360, No. 1462. pp. 1969-1974.

Bibtex

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