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Multiple origins of endosymbiosis within the Enterobacteriaceae (γ-Proteobacteria): convergence of complex phylogenetic approaches

Filip Husník*, Tomáš Chrudimský and Václav Hypša*

BMC Biology 2011, 9:87 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-9-87

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Difficult phylogenetic questions: more data, maybe; better methods, certainly

Hervé Philippe, Béatrice Roure BMC Biology 2011, 9:91 (29 December 2011)

Niels Bohr said that 'Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future,' but phylogeneticists would just be happy with the past. Philippe and Roure discuss some methods for dealing with particularly difficult evolutionary problems, and how corroboration is the key to success.