Parsimony and explanatory power

Cladistics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 825-847

  Farris, James S ^a,b  

^a Box 50007 ^*  (Sweden)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON ANCESTRY; HERITABILITY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 52949087195     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00214.x     Document Type: Review

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