Re: Apomorphy-based definitions

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/27/02 2:11:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
david.marjanovic@gmx.at writes:

<< The characters define how we can find out about the splits, and the splits
 define the clades (not the species). OK? :-) >>

Lots of times there are new characters but no splits. Most species arise 
anagenetically, as a character appears spontaneously and spreads through an 
entire population.