Hypothetical Ancestors and Rooting in Cladistic Analysis

Cladistics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 337-348

  Bryant, Harold N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^b ROYAL SASKATCHEWAN MUSEUM   (Canada)

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EID: 0007063912     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00323.x     Document Type: Article

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