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An idealized concept of the true cladistic character
(Elsevier, 1975-04)
Estimating evolutionary relationships is basic to the objectives of systematics. Comparative data, structured as taxonomic characters, are usually the essential considerations on which such estimates are founded. Some ...
A mathematical foundation for the analysis of cladistic character compatibility
(Elsevier, 1976)
Using formal algebraic definitions of "cladistic character" and "character compatibility", the concept of "binary factors of a cladistic character" is formalized and used to describe and justify an algorithm for checking ...
How to determine the compatibility of undirected character state trees
(Elsevier, 1979-10)
Methods for cladistic character compatibility analysis have required a priori estimates of the direction of evolutionary trends among the states of a character, in order to ensure consistency. Results are presented here ...
An algebraic analysis of cladistic characters
(Elsevier, 1976-10)
Cladistic characters are used by many numerical axonomists in the estimation of evolutionary history. We make use of semilattice theory to give an algebraic formulation of the ideas involved in this process and to give ...