Message 2002-02-0006: Re: interesting style of definition

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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:11:52 -0600
From: "Richard Swigart (rswigart@yahoo.com)" <rswigart@bwsys.net>
To: PhyloCode Post <PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: interesting style of definition

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----- Original Message -----=20
From: "T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>
To: "-PhyloCode Mailing List-" <PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: interesting style of definition


> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Mieczyslaw Wolsan wrote:
>...=20
> > Second, it is not clear whether "the last common ancestor" is =
contained
> > in the clade or not (as a non-native English speaker I cannot =
evaluate
> > this properly, but I do not think that the word "stemming" specifies
> > this unambiguously).
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> I think it does. PhyloCode uses that word, doesn't it?

In deed it does.  (see  www.phylocode.org <Glossary>)=20
clade:=20
"One of the two kinds of biological entities whose names are governed by =
this code; a group of species comprising a common ancestor and all of =
its descendants."

Richard Swigart

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080>From: "T. Mike Keesey" &lt;</FONT><A=20
href=3D"mailto:tmk@dinosauricon.com"><FONT=20
color=3D#000080>tmk@dinosauricon.com</FONT></A><FONT=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080>To: "-PhyloCode Mailing List-" &lt;</FONT><A=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:47 =
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080>Subject: Re: interesting style of=20
definition</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080>&gt; On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Mieczyslaw Wolsan=20
wrote:<BR>&gt;... <BR>&gt; &gt; Second, it is not clear whether "the =
last common=20
ancestor" is contained<BR>&gt; &gt; in the clade or not (as a non-native =
English=20
speaker I cannot evaluate<BR>&gt; &gt; this properly, but I do not think =
that=20
the word "stemming" specifies<BR>&gt; &gt; this unambiguously).<BR>&gt; =
<BR>&gt;=20
I think it does. PhyloCode uses that word, doesn't it?<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff>In deed it does.&nbsp; (see&nbsp; </FONT><A=20
href=3D"http://www.phylocode.org"><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>www.phylocode.org</FONT></A><FONT color=3D#0000ff> =
&lt;Glossary&gt;)=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff><STRONG>clade: <BR></STRONG>"One of the two =
kinds of=20
biological entities whose names are governed by this code; a group of =
species=20
comprising a common ancestor and all of its descendants."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff>Richard Swigart</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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