Efficacy or convenience? Model-based approaches to phylogeny estimation using morphological data

Cladistics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 663-671

  Spencer, Marc R ^a   Wilberg, Eric W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEOPTERYX;

EID: 84887620554     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cla.12018     Document Type: Article

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