Poor taxon sampling, poor character sampling, and non-repeatable analyses of a contrived dataset do not provide a more credible estimate of insect phylogeny: A reply to Kjer

Cladistics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-302

  Ogden, T Heath ^a,b   Whiting, Michael F ^a   Wheeler, Ward C ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; INSECT; PHYLOGENETICS;

INSECTA;

EID: 27544515936     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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