Gibbs, Harrison, Watson and Wildy criticized the use of a binominal nomenclature for viruses (Nature, 209, 450; 1966) because, they said, equal weight cannot be given to all characters according to ...
Evidence is presented for the thesis that a taxometric analysis using haphazardly assembled, equally weighted characters results in a haphazard classification, at least in the Basidiomycetes. We ...