“A character does not make a genus, but the genus makes the character”: three-taxon statement analysis and intuitive taxonomy

Three-taxon statement analysis (3TA) is a method that may help to formalize the taxonomical intuition of the synapomorphy of the clade as a combination of its diagnostic traits, even if each trait, if taken separately, may be found in one or many other taxa of the same relationship. Using example ba...

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Main Authors: Evgeny Mavrodiev, Olga Yurtseva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2017-12-01
Series:European Journal of Taxonomy
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Online Access:http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/502