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Date: Saturday,
September 01, 2001 04:06:21 PM
Subject: Re:
synapomorphies not created equal
<< I've been thinking very hard about this, and I am still not
convinced
that all synapomorphies are created equal. Some are
"stronger" than others
no matter how long or big the evolutionary gap
happens to be in which it
falls. >>
I have delt in the
past with decision makeing systems that in essence are very similar to
cladistics. Probably a bit more formalized than cladisidics. But even in
those applications we still had to rely on expert opion. However we still
got reliable information using this approach.
So I would suggest that some of our expert folks suggest how they
weight major areas under various conditions. This would provide some
expert rationalization that may be applied as a standard. I have seen no
hint of this at least in the areas that I visit.
comments?
paul sparks
psparks@crosslink.net
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