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Background knowledge: the assumptions of pattern cladistics

Cladistics (2019) 35(6) 717-731
DOI: 10.1111/cla.12379
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This paper reviews the ontogeny of pattern cladistics from the 1970s and 1980s, rebuts criticisms by contemporary anti-cladists, and endeavours to clarify persistent misunderstandings about the philosophical foundations of the approach.

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Brower, A. V. Z. (2019). Background knowledge: the assumptions of pattern cladistics. Cladistics, 35(6), 717–731. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12379

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