Influencing the philosophy and analysis of many systematists in the mid-1900s, ____ published Phylogenetic Systematics , arguing that classifications should be based solely on evolutionary relationships.
A) Carolus Linnaeus
B) Willi Hennig
C) Gregor Mendel
D) Charles Darwin
E) Ernst Mayr

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Willi Hennig is credited with founding the field of phylogenetic systematics, also known as cladistics, through his publication "Phylogenetic Systematics" where he argued that classifications should reflect evolutionary relationships.

Influencing the Philosophy and Analysis of Many Systematists in the Mid-1900s