Evidence, content and corroboration and the tree of life

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 187-199

  Kurt Lienau, E ^a   Desalle, Rob ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corroboration; Darwin; Evolution; Genomics; HGT; Karl Popper; Philosophy of science; Systematics; ToL; Tree of life; Vantage points

Indexed keywords

GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY;

GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 67651146722     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-008-9066-5     Document Type: Article

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