Weighting against homoplasy improves phylogenetic analysis of morphological data sets

Cladistics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 758-773

  Goloboff, Pablo A ^a   Carpenter, James M ^b   Arias, J Salvador ^c   Esquivel, Daniel Rafael Miranda ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 51549095913     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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