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Discrete Character Analysis

Discrete Character Analysis is a morphological comparison method that categorizes traits into distinct, non-overlapping states to infer evolutionary relationships among taxa.

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178

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123

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2017–2026

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82

Detecting correlated evolution on phylogenies: a general method for the comparative analysis of discrete characters

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1994 · 2K citations

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First molecular evidence for the existence of a Tardigrada + Arthropoda clade

Gonzalo Giribet, Salvador Carranza, Jaume Baguñà et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 1996 · 655 citations · Full text

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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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Genetics and Morphological Evolution in Plants

L. D. Gottlieb · The American Naturalist · 1984 · 381 citations

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Authors

178

  1. MF
    Mike Foote

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 319 citations

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  2. MJ
    Melanie J. Hopkins

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  3. KR
    Kevin R. Thiele

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    2 publications · 521 citations

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  4. DL
    David L. Hauser

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  5. JG
    J. Gordon Burleigh

    University of Florida, United States

    2 publications · 36 citations

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Institutions

123

  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    843 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    510 citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    720 citations

  4. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    466 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    351 citations

  6. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    671 citations

  7. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    458 citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    166 citations

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Venues

  1. Systematic Biology

    11 publications · 818 citations

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  2. Cladistics

    9 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. Paleobiology

    5 publications · 540 citations

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  4. Palaeontology

    4 publications · 117 citations

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