Testing lineage and comparative methods for inferring adaptation

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 653-663

  Kluge, Arnold G ^a  

^a Cladistics Institute   (United States)

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EID: 28844457526     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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