Use of well-known names in phylogenetic nomenclature: A reply to Laurin

Systematic Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 822-827

  Anderson, Jason S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; TERMINOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036805480     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150290102447     Document Type: Review

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