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Statistical Methods in Molecular Evolution

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  1. Bioinformatics group, Department of Statistics, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3TG, UK

    Gerton Lunter, Alexei J. Drummond, István Miklós & Jotun Hein

  2. Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK

    Alexei J. Drummond

  3. Theoretical Biology and Ecology Group, Hungarian Acadademy of Science and Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary

    István Miklós

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Lunter, G., Drummond, A.J., Miklós, I., Hein, J. (2005). Statistical Alignment: Recent Progress, New Applications, and Challenges. In: Statistical Methods in Molecular Evolution. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27733-1_14

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