Do Molecular Clocks Run at All? A Critique of Molecular Systematics

Biological Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-371

  Schwartz, Jeffrey H ^a   Maresca, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

cladism; Darwinism; dissimilarity; similarity; systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149133370     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2006.1.4.357     Document Type: Article

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