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Two misconceptions of phylogeny and classification
Author(s) -
Tattersall Ian
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330570104
Subject(s) - phylogenetics , evolutionary biology , biology , genetics , gene
A recent contribution embodies the assumptions that organisms may be excluded from relationship with others on the basis of autopomorphy, and that its position in a classification is an inherent characteristic of an organism. Both of these assumptions are fallacious.