Parsimony, likelihood, and simplicity

Cladistics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-103

  Goloboff, Pablo A ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 0038048942     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2003.tb00297.x     Document Type: Review

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