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Character State Optimization

Character State Optimization is a computational method in phylogenetic systematics that determines the most likely distribution of character states across a cladogram by minimizing evolutionary changes according to a specified optimality criterion.

18

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992

Citations

27

Authors

24

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Character Optimization

Parents

Publications

18

TESTING SCENARIOS: WASP SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

James M. Carpenter · Cladistics · 1989 · 132 citations

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The Role of Subjectivity in Reconstructing Ancestral Character States: A Bayesian Approach to Unknown Rates, States, and Transformation Asymmetries

Ted R. Schultz, Gary A. Churchill · Systematic Biology · 1999 · 123 citations · Full text

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Comparative and phylogenetic analysis of developmental sequences

Susanne Schulmeister, Ward C. Wheeler · Evolution & Development · 2004 · 101 citations

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Fixed Character States and the Optimization of Molecular Sequence Data

Ward C. Wheeler · Cladistics · 1999 · 91 citations · Full text

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Fixed Character States and the Optimization of Molecular Sequence Data

Ward C. Wheeler · Cladistics · 1999 · 90 citations

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Authors

27

  1. WC
    Ward C. Wheeler

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    3 publications · 282 citations

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  2. CR
    Christopher R. Hardy

    Millersville University, United States

    2 publications · 122 citations

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  3. BW
    Bernard Wood

    George Washington University, United States

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  4. TR
    Ted R. Schultz

    National Museum of Natural History, United States

    1 publications · 123 citations

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  5. MC
    Michael Charleston

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

24

  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    526 citations

  2. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    122 citations

  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    169 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    123 citations

  6. University Medical Center Brackenridge

    Austin, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    92 citations

  7. Jackson Laboratory

    Bar Harbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    123 citations

  8. Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán

    Tucumán, Argentina

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

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Venues

  1. Cladistics

    6 publications · 350 citations

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  2. Systematic Biology

    2 publications · 199 citations

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  3. Evolution

    2 publications · 81 citations

    2

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  4. Evolution & Development

    1 publications · 101 citations

    1

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  5. International Journal of Speleology

    1 publications · 51 citations

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