The nightmare of the combination: Comments on matrix representation with parsimony and its first application in biogeography [2]

Cladistics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 208-211

  Racheli, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 2942560610     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2004.00013.x     Document Type: Letter

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