Distinguishing between convergence and parallelism is central to comparative biology: A reply to Williams and Ebach

Cladistics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-94

  Desutter Grandcolas, Laure ^a   Legendre, Frédéric ^a   Grandcolas, Philippe ^a   Robillard, Tony ^a,b   Murienne, Jérôme ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 33847728337     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00136.x     Document Type: Review

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