The origin and early development of the method of minimum evolution for the reconstruction of phylogenetic trees

Systematic Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-91

  Edwards, A W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Darwin principle; Minimum evolution; Ockham's razor; Parsimony; Phylogenetic trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030336349     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/45.1.79     Document Type: Article

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