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Concatabominations: identifying unstable taxa in morphological phylogenetics using a heuristic extension to safe

Karen Siu-Ting1, Davide Pisani2, Christopher J Creevey2

  • 1Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK; and Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3FG, UK Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK; and Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3FG, UK Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK; and Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3FG, UK agalychnica@gmail.com.

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