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Re: Clade II
From: Jeffrey Martz <martz@holly.ColoState.EDU
>
> I. THE DUAL NATURE OF CLADISTICS
> As I see it cladistics serves two main functions, one very well,
> the other less so. I feel these functions were confused in the debate
> on cladistics in November, so I want to spell them out now:
> A. PHYLOGENETIC INFERRENCE
> ...
> B. GROUPING
Good points. In fact I *try* to say much the same things in my paper
on classification on my dinosaur Web page.
(http://www.crl.com/~sarima/dinosaurs/)
Would you mind too much if I added some of your comments to my Web page?
>
> ANCESTRAL SPECIES ARE PARAPHYLETIC
Man, you have ALL of my points!
Also, given that according to the rules of nomenclature all species
must be assigned to a genus, then either the genus containing the
ancestral species is paraphyletic or all living things belong to one
genus.
swf@elsegundoca.ncr.com sarima@ix.netcom.com
The peace of God be with you.