Phylogenetic approaches to nomenclature: A comparison based on a nemertean case study

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1434, 1999, Pages 2201-2207

  Härlin, Mikael ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Contingency; Evolution; Individuality; Phylogenetic taxonomy; Uninomials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMATION; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TAXONOMY;

NEMERTEAN;

EID: 0033533937     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0909     Document Type: Article

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