Is parsimony a justified criterion in the assessment of possible phylogenetic reconstructions?

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-169

  Simonetta, Alberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Parsimony; Unreliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012434374     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009909356251     Document Type: Article

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