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Character Individuation in Phylogenetic Inference....
Document Type
Article
Source
Philosophy of Science. Apr2003, Vol. 70 Issue 2, p264. 16p.
Subject
*PHYLOGENY
*INFERENCE (Logic)
Language
ISSN
0031-8248
Abstract
Discusses character individuation in phylogenetic inference. Significance of character individuation because biological systematics relies on a parsimony principle to determine phylogeny and classify taxa; Parsimony principle interpreted to favor the phylogenetic hypothesis that requires the fewest changes in characters.