Evolution is not a necessary assumption of cladistics

Cladistics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 143-154

  Brower, Andrew V Z ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION;

EID: 0034483282     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clad.1999.0129     Document Type: Article

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