Taxon combinations, parsimony analysis (PAUP*), and the taxonomy of the yellow-tailed woolly monkey, Lagothrix flavicauda

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-255

  Matthews, Luke J ^a   Rosenberger, Alfred L ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ateline systematics; Cladistics; New world monkeys; Parsimony; PAUP; Taxon combinations; Taxonomy; Tree inference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LAGOTHRIX FLAVICAUDA; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TAXON;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 55849120474     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20859     Document Type: Article

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