“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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Language: | English |
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Consortium of European Natural History Museums
2017-12-01
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Series: | European Journal of Taxonomy |
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Online Access: | http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/502 |