Trashing life's tree

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 689-709

  Franklin Hall, L R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary modeling; Lineages; Phylogenetics; The tree of life; Tree of cells

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 77956012769     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-010-9219-1     Document Type: Article

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