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Classification
Author(s) -
Ebach Malte C.,
Williams David M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/4135452
Subject(s) - cladogram , monophyly , biology , evolutionary biology , genealogy , cladistics , phylogenetics , history , genetics , clade , gene
Cladograms are classification schemes that test for monophyly. Recent discussions have argued that cladograms ignore species histories or genealogies in the classification of taxonomic groups. The conclusion drawn from these discussions is that are two “ways of seeing” classification synchrony and diachrony.