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Polymorphic Character Handling

Polymorphic Character Handling is a methodological framework in biosystematics that enables the consistent interpretation and integration of variable morphological traits within taxonomic identification keys by accommodating multiple discrete states of a single character across different specimens or life stages.

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ON MISSING ENTRIES IN CLADISTIC ANALYSIS

Norman I. Platnick, Charles E. Griswold, Jonathan A. Coddington · Cladistics · 1991 · 298 citations

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Quantitative handling of characters useful in snake systematics with particular reference to intraspecific variation in the Ringed Snake Natrix natrix (L.)

Roger S. Thorpe · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 1975 · 260 citations

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Accuracy of Phylogenetic Analysis Including and Excluding Polymorphic Characters

John J. Wiens, Maria R. Servedio · Systematic Biology · 1997 · 94 citations · Full text

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Two Unifactorial Characters for which Man is Polymorphic

A. C. Allison, K G McWhirter · Nature · 1956 · 40 citations

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The taxonomic treatment of polymorphic variation

D. H. Valentine · 1975 · 18 citations

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Authors

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  1. MR
    Maria R. Servedio

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  2. JJ
    John J. Wiens

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  3. RS
    Roger S. Thorpe

    Bangor University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 260 citations

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  4. RH
    Robert Harper

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. AC
    A. C. Allison

    National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania

    1 publications · 40 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Carnegie Museum of Natural History

    Pittsburgh, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    126 citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    126 citations

  3. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  4. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    298 citations

  5. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    30 citations

  6. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    596 citations

  7. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  8. Iwate University

    Morioka, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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  1. Systematic Biology

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  2. Cladistics

    1 publications · 298 citations

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  3. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    1 publications · 260 citations

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  4. Nature

    1 publications · 40 citations

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  5. Journal of Heredity

    1 publications · 11 citations

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