Are homology and synapomorphy the same or different?

Cladistics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-9

  Assis, Leandro C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84872617994     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00431.x     Document Type: Letter

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