Incorrect evaluation of the information content of multistate characters

Cladistics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-272

  Siddall, Mark ^a   Jensen, Kirsten ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0346336800     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2003.tb00370.x     Document Type: Letter

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