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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:12:03 +0200
From: [unknown]
To: PML <phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: Re: REPOST: Crowns, Panstems, and their Correspondence to ea=

> Double capitalization alone would not work, because, for example, p=
aper
titles
> are sometimes printed in all capitals. "A REVIEW OF THE EVOLUTION O=
F
> _PANARTHROPODA_" --

Cheat. A REVIEW OF THE EVOLUTION OF PANaRTHROPODA. :-)

> > >>
> > To achieve a unified system, some names, such as this one, would =
have to
> > be defined differently than originally used.  The only way around=
 this
> > problem would be to use affixes that had never been used before-e=
ver,
> > but this strategy isn't ideal either.
> > <<
> >
> > Why not?
>
> You try and come up with an affix that hasn't been used before!
> (A pronounceable one, now....)

Phylo- and Clado- for a start ("stem", "branch"). Suboptimal, but tho=
se are
just off the top of my head.


  

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