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Continuous Character Analysis

Continuous Character Analysis is a methodological framework in comparative morphology that quantifies and analyzes phenotypic traits as continuously varying variables, distinguishing it from discrete character analysis by emphasizing gradational morphological differences across taxa.

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THE HOLY GRAIL OF THE PERFECT CHARACTER: THE CLADISTIC TREATMENT OF MORPHOMETRIC DATA

Kevin R. Thiele · Cladistics · 1993 · 465 citations

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Continuous characters analyzed as such

Pablo A. Goloboff, Camilo I. Mattoni, Andrés Sebastián Quinteros · Cladistics · 2006 · 419 citations · Full text

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Character Analysis in Morphological Phylogenetics: Problems and Solutions

John J. Wiens · Systematic Biology · 2001 · 375 citations

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PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS OF TAXONOMIC DATA WITH MULTI‐STATE DISCRETE CHARACTERS

M. O. Hill, A. J. E. Smith · Taxon · 1976 · 316 citations

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THE NATURE OF CLADISTIC DATA

Richard A. Pimentcl, Rhonda Riggins · Cladistics · 1987 · 288 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Arne Ø. Mooers

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    2 publications · 58 citations

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    Todd H. Oakley

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  3. BJ
    Bernard J. Crespi

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    2 publications · 228 citations

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  4. SB
    Sigal Blay

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  5. TG
    Theodore Garland

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    2 publications · 312 citations

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Institutions

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  1. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    671 citations

  2. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    562 citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    246 citations

  4. Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations

    Montferrier-sur-Lez, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  5. Oxford Research Group

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    312 citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    312 citations

  7. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    264 citations

  8. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

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  1. Cladistics

    8 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. Systematic Biology

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Evolution

    5 publications · 325 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 47 citations

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  5. Genetics

    2 publications · 213 citations

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