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  1. Osher Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Eric S. J. Harris

  2. Department of Integrative Biology, University and Jepson Herbaria University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Brent D. Mishler

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Harris, E.S.J., Mishler, B.D. The Delimitation of Phylogenetic Characters. Biol Theory 4, 230–234 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1162/biot.2009.4.3.230

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