Aphyly: A Systematic Designation for a Taxonomic Problem

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-127

  Ebach, Malte C ^a   Williams, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphyly; Non monophyly; Paraphyly; Polyphyly; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956342397     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-010-9084-5     Document Type: Article

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