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Re: SCIENCE AND CLASSIFICATION

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Subject: Re: SCIENCE AND CLASSIFICATION
From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 23:03:21 +0100
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>> In fact the "Kinman System" [...] introduces useless terms like holophyly
(monophyly to everyone else on the planet) [...] <<

Holophyly is quite an old term. It has the advantage of having only one
meaning, while to some people -- I've seen this usage several times --
monophyly means "having one ancestor" only and therefore includes both holo-
and paraphyly, it is the opposite to polyphyly.

References:
- SCIENCE AND CLASSIFICATION
  - From: Tetanurae@aol.com

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