Re: Cladistics question

[chris brochu <gator@mail.utexas.edu>]

>Well, here's my two cents:
>
>I have always had a problem with cladograms and the like, with their
>nice neat straight lines diverging but never converging.

Well, you can draw them curvy if you like.....






I suspect
>that hybridization is an important part of the evolutionary
>process.

Agreed, hybridization is an important phenomenon - especially among plant
groups.  There are techniques in modern phylogenetics to recognize
hybridization in a phylogenetic context - my references are not available
right now, but you might try a literature search for papers by Linda McDade.


chris


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