Monophyly and paraphyly: A discourse without end?

Taxon

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1011-1015

  Podani, János ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Classification; Evolution; Monoclady; Monothety; Pattern cladism; Phylogeny; Synapomorphy

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 77956217784     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.594002     Document Type: Article

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