Undisciplined thinking: Morphology and Hennig's unfinished revolution

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-7

  Wheeler, Quentin D ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38149036443     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00411.x     Document Type: Note

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