The scientific status of metazoan cladistics: Why current research practice must change

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-310

  Jenner, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3242705252     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00153.x     Document Type: Review

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