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parsimony: a standalone construct

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Phylogenetics

choosing the evolutionary tree that requires the fewest character changes.

In phylogenetics, parsimony refers to choosing the evolutionary tree that requires the fewest character changes. This meaning comes from Kluge (1969) in Systematic Zoology. Here parsimony is this specific meaning.[1]

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References

  1. Kluge, A. G., & Farris, J. S. (1969). Quantitative Phyletics and the Evolution of Anurans. Systematic Zoology, 18(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.2307/2412407

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