Current Biology· 2014Q1

Detecting Regular Sound Changes in Linguistics as Events of Concerted Evolution

Daniel J. Hruschka, Simon Branford, Eric D. Smith, Jon F. Wilkins et al.

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A new statistical model detects over 70 historical regular sound changes in the Turkic language family, improving phylogenetic inference and yielding more reliable dates by accounting for concerted evolution.

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Field: Cultural Studies

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