Is the tree of life the best metaphor, Model, or heuristic for Phylogenetics?

Systematic Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 628-638

  Morrison, David A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; NOTE; PHYLOGENY;

CLASSIFICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84902507959     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syu026     Document Type: Note

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