The primacy of morphology: Pattern cladism, idealistic morphology, and evolution

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 399-419

  Reif, Wolf Ernst ^a,b  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 1642446577     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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