A falsificationist perspective on the usage of process frequencies in phylogenetics

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-407

  Vogt, Lars ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 34250860006     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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