When are fossils better than extant taxa in phylogenetic analysis?

Systematic Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 458-469

  Huelsenbeck, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84960586331     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/40.4.458     Document Type: Article

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