Fragmentary taxa, missing data, and ambiguity: Mistaken assumptions and conclusions

Systematic Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 369-381

  Kearney, Maureen ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036554650     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150252899824     Document Type: Article

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