The relationship between evolutionary theory and phylogenetic analysis

Biological Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 471-495

  Lee, Michael S Y ^a   Doughty, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Consilience; Evolution; Phylogeny; Systematics; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; THEORY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HEARING; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030726416     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1997.tb00021.x     Document Type: Article

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