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5 - Are we all cladists?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

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Andrew V.Z. Brower
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David Williams ,
Michael Schmitt  and
Quentin Wheeler
David Williams
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum, London
Michael Schmitt
Affiliation:
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Germany
Quentin Wheeler
Affiliation:
State University of New York
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The Future of Phylogenetic Systematics
The Legacy of Willi Hennig
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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