Populations, genetic variation, and the delimitation of phylogenetic species

Systematic Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 421-435

  Davis, Jerrold I ^a   Nixon, Kevin C ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Hierarchy; Phylogenetic species; Phylogenetics; Population variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944258898     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/41.4.421     Document Type: Article

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