Stability in phylogenetic formulations and its relationship to nodal support

Systematic Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 554-564

  Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0043071131     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150390223730     Document Type: Review

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