Re: Good New Book

["Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>]

Nick,
    The Lophophorata have long been considered closely related to 
deuterostomes, and the trochozoans long regarded as related to ecdysozoans.
     I have no objection to recognizing Lophotrochozoa as a paraphyletic 
group giving rise to the other two (if one finds it useful), but treating it 
as a holophyletic clade is definitely a cladistic no-no.
     What synapomorphies do the Hox genes of Lophotrochozoa display that 
indicates that it is a clade, or any other lophotrochozoan synapomorphies 
for that matter?
                     Cheers, Ken
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> From: NJPharris@aol.com
> Reply-To: NJPharris@aol.com
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: Good New Book
> Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 18:45:13 EST
>
> In a message dated 11/6/00 8:49:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> kinman@hotmail.com writes:
>
> >      Does he recognize a holophyletic Lophotrochozoa as a major clade of
> >  Metazoa (a presently popular bandwagon many people are jumping on these
> >  days).
>
> I'm still curious to find out just which lophotrochozoans you consider 
> closer
> to deuterostomes or ecdysozoans (or both together?) than to other
> lophotrochozoans.
>
> --Nick
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