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Polyphasic taxonomy.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2006
Uilenberg Gerrit, Goff Will L
Abstract excerpt
Several organisms from a number of prokaryotic and eukaryotic groups have presented problems for systematists for a long time. Both phenotypic and genotypic methods for sorting out these relationships have been employed. There are limitations with each method when taken alone. Since the purpose of systematics is to determine the correct genealogical relationships among biological organisms, it is necessary to use...
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