THE RETENTION INDEX AND THE RESCALED CONSISTENCY INDEX
@article{Farris1989THERI,
title={THE RETENTION INDEX AND THE RESCALED CONSISTENCY INDEX},
author={James S Farris},
journal={Cladistics},
year={1989},
volume={5}
}as a measure ol'6t ofa character to a tree, has been widely and successfully employed, but might be capable of some improvement for certain applications. 'The purpose of this note is to dcwrihe two new indices, already in use in Hennig86, and to explain their interpretation. The consistency index,
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