Lungfish: Phylogeny and parsimony

✍ Scribed by Mr. Charles R. Marshall

• Book ID: 102902957
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 958 KB
• Volume: 190
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0362-2525
• DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1051900411

✦ Synopsis

Miles ('77)

has produced the only comprehensive cladistic analysis of the Dipnoi. His phylogeny involves both definitely and uncertainly placed genera. An analysis of the data for the definitely placed genera, using a Wagner routine, showed that his phylogeny is similar to two of eight equally parsimonious cladograms. Analysis of the data for all the genera of Miles's phylogeny produced sixteen equally parsimonious cladograms. They have a