Re: "Common ancestor" in cladistics

[Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>]

> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:51:11 -0400 (EDT)
> From: John Bois <jbois@umd5.umd.edu>
>
> You and your sister share a common ancestor--your mother.  The idea
> is that your sister becomes reproductively isolated and her progeny
> lead to new species in time.

Hey!  You take back what you said about my sister!

:-)

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