Probabilism and Phylogenetic Inference

Cladistics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-336

  Siddall, Mark E ^a   Kluge, Arnold G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0344430832     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1997.tb00322.x     Document Type: Article

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