The unfalsifiability of cladograms and its consequences

Cladistics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-73

  Vogt, L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CLADISTICS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; THEORY;

EID: 38849094563     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00169.x     Document Type: Review

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