Parsimony, explanatory power, and dynamic homology testing

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-363

  Grant, Taran ^a   Kluge, Arnold G ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti superfluity principle; Evidence; Explanation; Homoplasy; Philosophy; Phylogenetic systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849096157     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147720000999017X     Document Type: Review

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