Four myths about cladistics
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https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v9i1.7225Keywords:
cladistics, mythsAbstract
The following four myths related to modern cladistics are discussed and shown to be false: (1) the taxon being analyzed must be monophyletic; (2) characters must be polarized; (3) Darwinism is incompatible with cladistics; and (4) classification strictly reflects phylogenetic relationships.References
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