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Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 16:34:41 -0500
From: Kevin de Queiroz <Dequeiroz.Kevin@NMNH.SI.EDU>
To: PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: RE: apomorphy-based names
Gerry Moore argued against one of the recommendations proposed by Jonathan = Wagner. He noted that " the way Recommendation 11.8C is written it would = suggest that _all_ names "derived from apomorphy names be given apomorphy-= based defintions". I agree with Gerry's objection. Although it may be = useful to name apomorphy-based clade concepts using names that refer to = the same apomorphies, it seems undesirable and impractical to use all = names derived from the names of apomorphies for apomorphy-based clade = concepts. =20 Kevin Kevin de Queiroz Division of Amphibians & Reptiles National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560-0162 Phone: (202) 357-2212 FAX: (202) 786-2979 e-mail: dequeirk@nmnh.si.edu