Including the characters of interest during tree reconstruction and the problems of circularity and bias in studies of character evolution

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 700-708

  De Queiroz, Kevin ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001310201     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285948     Document Type: Review

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