Variance adjusted weighted UniFrac: a powerful beta diversity measure for comparing communities based on phylogeny
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Beta diversity, which involves the assessment of differences between communities, is an important problem in ecological studies. Many statistical methods have been developed to quantify beta diversity, and among them, UniFrac and wei...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-04-01
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Series: | BMC Bioinformatics |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/12/118 |