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Re: Apomorphy-based definitions
In a message dated 1/27/02 1:58:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
david.marjanovic@gmx.at writes:
<< > And if a species can belong to two different clades across a clade
boundary,
> naming clades is pointless.
Why? >>
The long and short of it is that taxa are bins into which species are
pigeonholed. If a species is pigeonholed into two distinct clades (such that
neither clade includes the other), then we haven't classified the species.