A chain is no stronger than its weakest link: Double decay analysis of phylogenetic hypotheses

Systematic Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 754-776

  Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Thorley, Joseph L ^a,b   Upchurch, Paul ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consensus; Decay analysis; Parsimony; Phylogeny; Sauropoda; Support

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0034351401     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351500750049815     Document Type: Article

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