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Re: seeking clarification on the cladism debate (RE: hidden "cladistic" ranks)

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Subject: Re: seeking clarification on the cladism debate (RE: hidden "cladistic" ranks)
From: chris brochu <christopher-brochu@uiowa.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 21:13:03 -0400
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>
>"Classogenesis", "Ordogenesis", etc. are not things that really occur in
>nature.


I like the way Ghiselin once put it:  species speciate, but genera don't
generate.

Honestly - I don't know why people are still trying to hold on to ranks.


chris

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Christopher A. Brochu
Assistant Professor
Department of Geoscience
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242

christopher-brochu@uiowa.edu
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References:
- Re: seeking clarification on the cladism debate (RE: hidden "cladistic" ranks)
  - From: "Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>
- Re: seeking clarification on the cladism debate (RE: hidden "cladistic" ranks)
  - From: "T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>

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