The big machine and the much‐maligned taxonomist DNA taxonomy and the web

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-143

  Scotland, Robert ^a   Hughes, Colin ^a   Bailey, Donovan ^a   Wortley, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85010506916     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200003001178     Document Type: Article

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