The Polarization of Character Transformations in Phylogenetic Systematics: Role of Axiomatic and Auxiliary Assumptions
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Systematic Zoology
- Vol. 40 (4) , 433-445
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2992238
Abstract
Methods of polarity determination are governed by both the basic assumptions of the analysis and particular auxiliary assumptions. Differences in basic assumpti...This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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