Problematic issues of cladistics: 3. Homology and apomorphy; ontology versus operationalism

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 395-422

  Reif, Wolf Ernst ^a  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

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HOMOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 2142820072     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/231/2004/395     Document Type: Article

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