Reading phylogenetic trees: The effects of tree orientation and text processing on comprehension

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 757-764

  Novick, Laura R ^a   Stull, Andrew T ^b   Catley, Kefyn M ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cladograms; diagrammatic reasoning; evolution education; tree thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865424880     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.8.8     Document Type: Article

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